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The many Faces of Indonesian Women
eBook - Reflections on Cultural Change in a Multi-Ethnic Society
ISBN/EAN: 9783956510557
Umbreit-Nr.: 7452908
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 244 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 30.09.2012
Auflage: 1/2012
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Digitales Wasserzeichen
- Zusatztext
- The portrayals of entrepreneurs, leaders, labor migrants, workers, intellectuals and housewives illustrate how women from different social and cultural backgrounds make choices between collective norms and individual dreams, family duties and professional career, religious responsibilities and social engagement, communal obligations and self-fulfillment. Jutta Berninghausen, Birgit Kerstan and Nena Soeprapto-Jansen have been working and living in Indonesia for more than 25 years. Combining a journalistic and scientific approach, they address scholars, travelers, foreigners living in Indonesia and everybody interested in exploring the countrys diverse socio-cultural fabric from a female perspective.
- Kurztext
- Connecting the life stories of women from Java, Bali, Sumba, Lombok and Aceh with an analysis of the social and political conditions, the book shows how Indonesian women develop their identity between religious and moral expectations, traditional values and global consumerism. The portrayals of entrepreneurs, leaders, labor migrants, workers, intellectuals and housewives illustrate how women from different social and cultural backgrounds make choices between collective norms and individual dreams, family duties and professional career, religious responsibilities and social engagement, communal obligations and self-fulfillment.Jutta Berninghausen, Birgit Kerstan and Nena Soeprapto-Jansen have been working and living in Indonesia for more than 25 years. Combining a journalistic and scientific approach, they address scholars, travelers, foreigners living in Indonesia and everybody interested in exploring the countrys diverse socio-cultural fabric from a female perspective.