Kate O'Shaughnessy

Gender, State and Social Power in Contemporary Indonesia

Divorce and Marriage Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines gender, state and social power in Indonesia, focusing especially on state regulation of divorce from 1965 to 2005. It shows how regulation was an important tool of social control by the New Order regime, and explores how state power was contested and co-opted by men and women.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780415476508
• ISBN-10: 041547650X
• Artikelnr.: 23605577

Autorenporträt

Kate O'Shaughnessy is Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History, University of Western Australia. She works for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Legal Contexts Of Divorce 1. Gender And Law: Shaping
Female Legal Subjectivity 2. Divorce, Property Relations And Power Part 2:
Discourses Of Divorce 3. Divorce And Shame 4. Marital Rights And
Obligations Part 3: Implications Of Divorce 5. Women's Agency:
Acquiescence, Co-Optation And Resistance 6. Modernity, Religion, and
Nation: Divorce and the Production of Gendered Identities. Conclusion.
Bibliography.