Gender, Islam, Nationalism and the State in Aceh

This book sets out to open up the space for interpretation of history and politics in Aceh which is now in a state of armed rebellion against the Indonesian government. It lays out a groundwork for analysing how female agency is constituted in Aceh, in a complex interplay of indigenous matrifocality, Islamic belief and practices, state terror, and political violence. Analysts of the current conflict in Aceh have tended to focus on present events. Siapno provides a historical analysis of power, co-optation, and resistance in Aceh and links it to broader comparative studies of gender, Islam, and the state in Muslim communities throughout the world

Indigenous · Indonesian · Islam · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Gender and Women's Rights · Gender Studies · History · Law · Aceh · Indonesia · Islam and politics · Legal status, laws · Legal status, laws, etc · Pancasila · politics and government · Social conditions · Women · Women in Islam