Islamizing Intimacies

Youth, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Indonesia

Bibliographic Data

ID19924902
AuthorsNancy J Smith‐hefner (corresponding author), Nancy J Smith-Hefner
Year2019
Pages262
Publication date2019-12-31
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueIslamizing Intimacies (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1515/9780824878115
OpenAlexW2943936240
Open LibraryOL29409922M
ISBN9780824878115
LanguageEN
Citations received37

One of the great transformations presently sweeping the Muslim world involves not just political and economic change but the reshaping of young Muslims' styles of romance, courtship, and marriage. Nancy J. Smith-Hefner takes up the personal lives and sexual attitudes of educated Muslim Javanese youth in the city of Yogyakarta to explore the dramatic social and ethical changes taking place in Indonesian society. Drawing on more than 250 interviews over a fifteen-year period, her vivid, well-crafted ethnography is full of insights into the real-life struggles of young Muslims and framed by a deep understanding of Indonesia's wider debates on gender and youth culture.The changes among Muslim youth reflect an ongoing if at times unsteady attempt to balance varied ideals, ethical concerns, and aspirations. On the one hand, growing numbers of young people show a deep and pervasive desire for a more active role in their Islamic faith

Faith · Human sexuality · Islam · Openness to experience · Political science · Politics · Romance · Sociology · Youth studies · Asian Studies and History · Computer Science · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender and Women's Rights · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · asia · Attitudes · Islam and secularism · Muslim youth · Muslims · Sexual behavior · Youth, sexual behavior

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