Bianca J Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3773953 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bianca J Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bianca J |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH B J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Female Sufi guides and the Murshida fatwa in Indonesian Sufism
This article contributes to the wider historicity of female Sufi spiritual guides by engaging Indonesian examples about which very little have been written. While women can and do hold different levels of rank and leadership in Indonesian Sufi orders (tariqah), usually among all-female congregations, this article examines a very rare example of a woman in a public leadership position overseeing an entire tariqah network inclusive of male and fema…
Domestic violence and Islamic spirituality in Lombok, Indonesia
Sufism and the Sacred Feminine in Lombok, Indonesia
This article is a feminist ethnographic exploration of how 'indigenous' notions of a 'sacred feminine' shape Sufi praxis on the island of Lombok in the eastern part of Indonesia in Southeast Asia. I demonstrate through long-term immersive anthropological fieldwork how in her indigenous form as Dewi Anjani 'Spirit Queen of Jinn' and as 'Holy Saint of Allah' who rules Lombok from Mount Rinjani, together with a living female saint and Murshida with …
Woman-Initiated Divorce and Feminist Fiqh in Indonesia
This article examines the issue of woman-initiated divorce (cerai gugat) for the controversial reason in Indonesian Islam known as nushūz suami or a husband’s disobedience in marriage. In contrast to the Indonesian Compilation of Islamic Law which applies nushūz (disobedience) to wives only, our arguments draw on feminist jurisprudence (fiqh) to show how nushūz also applies to husbands who do not fulfill marital obligations. A husband’s nushūz is…
Magico‐spiritual power, female sexuality and ritual sex in Muslim Java
This article argues that in practice, concepts of magico‐spiritual power (Javanese: kesekten ; Indonesian: kesaktian ) are linked with sexuality, particularly female sexuality, in some segments of contemporary Central and East Javanese Muslim society. Few scholars have turned attention to the interconnectedness of these seemingly contradictory topics. Feminist studies tend to focus on the ways in which women locate themselves within and critique …
The recovery of a non-violent identity for an Islamist pesantren in an age of terror
This article examines the ways in which one of Indonesia's largest local, non-violent fundamentalist Islamist groups, Hidayatullah, has worked towards recovering a non-violent identity in the aftermath of allegations of terrorism made by the international community at the height of the War on Terror. Significantly, in international circles post-September 11, Indonesia's pesantren (Islamic boarding school) network more generally became associated …
Sexual Desire, Piety, and Law in a JavanesePesantren
Very little anthropological research has explored the polygamous worlds of women in Indonesia's traditional Islamic boarding schools known as pesantren. These traditional schools are patriarchal institutions that teach women to be ideal Muslims according to male-defined notions of shari'ah-based piety that construct polygamy as normative. This article challenges dominant discourses on polygamy, which are mostly concerned with public protest and f…
Gender and Power in Indonesian Islam
This book is the first to explore understandings of gender and Islam in pesantren and Sufi orders in Indonesia
Re-Orienting Female Spiritual Power in Islam
This article presents alternative understandings about female spiritual power in Indonesia that challenge pan-Islamic notions of male spiritual superiority. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork with Sasak Muslim women who claimed to strategically articulate their ‘spiritual power’ as members of militias engaged in intra-Muslim conflict in East Lombok. Women's assumed embodiment of spiritual power reveals a contradiction between patriarchal Islam…
Sisters, militias and Islam in conflict
Sisters, militias and Islam in conflict
Domestic violence and Islamic spirituality in Lombok, Indonesia
Sufism and the Sacred Feminine in Lombok, Indonesia
This article is a feminist ethnographic exploration of how 'indigenous' notions of a 'sacred feminine' shape Sufi praxis on the island of Lombok in the eastern part of Indonesia in Southeast Asia. I demonstrate through long-term immersive anthropological fieldwork how in her indigenous form as Dewi Anjani 'Spirit Queen of Jinn' and as 'Holy Saint of Allah' who rules Lombok from Mount Rinjani, together with a living female saint and Murshida with …
Sexual Desire, Piety, and Law in a JavanesePesantren
Very little anthropological research has explored the polygamous worlds of women in Indonesia's traditional Islamic boarding schools known as pesantren. These traditional schools are patriarchal institutions that teach women to be ideal Muslims according to male-defined notions of shari'ah-based piety that construct polygamy as normative. This article challenges dominant discourses on polygamy, which are mostly concerned with public protest and f…
Sisters, militias and Islam in conflict
Re-Orienting Female Spiritual Power in Islam
This article presents alternative understandings about female spiritual power in Indonesia that challenge pan-Islamic notions of male spiritual superiority. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork with Sasak Muslim women who claimed to strategically articulate their ‘spiritual power’ as members of militias engaged in intra-Muslim conflict in East Lombok. Women's assumed embodiment of spiritual power reveals a contradiction between patriarchal Islam…
Gender and Power in Indonesian Islam
This book is the first to explore understandings of gender and Islam in pesantren and Sufi orders in Indonesia
Sexual Desire, Piety, and Law in a JavanesePesantren
Very little anthropological research has explored the polygamous worlds of women in Indonesia's traditional Islamic boarding schools known as pesantren. These traditional schools are patriarchal institutions that teach women to be ideal Muslims according to male-defined notions of shari'ah-based piety that construct polygamy as normative. This article challenges dominant discourses on polygamy, which are mostly concerned with public protest and f…
Magico‐spiritual power, female sexuality and ritual sex in Muslim Java
This article argues that in practice, concepts of magico‐spiritual power (Javanese: kesekten ; Indonesian: kesaktian ) are linked with sexuality, particularly female sexuality, in some segments of contemporary Central and East Javanese Muslim society. Few scholars have turned attention to the interconnectedness of these seemingly contradictory topics. Feminist studies tend to focus on the ways in which women locate themselves within and critique …
The recovery of a non-violent identity for an Islamist pesantren in an age of terror
This article examines the ways in which one of Indonesia's largest local, non-violent fundamentalist Islamist groups, Hidayatullah, has worked towards recovering a non-violent identity in the aftermath of allegations of terrorism made by the international community at the height of the War on Terror. Significantly, in international circles post-September 11, Indonesia's pesantren (Islamic boarding school) network more generally became associated …
Woman-Initiated Divorce and Feminist Fiqh in Indonesia
This article examines the issue of woman-initiated divorce (cerai gugat) for the controversial reason in Indonesian Islam known as nushūz suami or a husband’s disobedience in marriage. In contrast to the Indonesian Compilation of Islamic Law which applies nushūz (disobedience) to wives only, our arguments draw on feminist jurisprudence (fiqh) to show how nushūz also applies to husbands who do not fulfill marital obligations. A husband’s nushūz is…
Sufism and the Sacred Feminine in Lombok, Indonesia
This article is a feminist ethnographic exploration of how 'indigenous' notions of a 'sacred feminine' shape Sufi praxis on the island of Lombok in the eastern part of Indonesia in Southeast Asia. I demonstrate through long-term immersive anthropological fieldwork how in her indigenous form as Dewi Anjani 'Spirit Queen of Jinn' and as 'Holy Saint of Allah' who rules Lombok from Mount Rinjani, together with a living female saint and Murshida with …
Domestic violence and Islamic spirituality in Lombok, Indonesia
Female Sufi guides and the Murshida fatwa in Indonesian Sufism
This article contributes to the wider historicity of female Sufi spiritual guides by engaging Indonesian examples about which very little have been written. While women can and do hold different levels of rank and leadership in Indonesian Sufi orders (tariqah), usually among all-female congregations, this article examines a very rare example of a woman in a public leadership position overseeing an entire tariqah network inclusive of male and fema…
Asian Studies and History (10 works) · Islam (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Religious studies (6 works) · Theology (6 works) · Gender and Women's Rights (5 works)