Women's movement in postcolonial Indonesia
Subtitle: gender and nation in a new democracy
By: Elizabeth Martyn.
Series: ASAA women in Asia series
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Women -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.; Feminism -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "This book examines women's activism in the early years of independent Indonesia when new attitudes to gender, nationalism, citizenship and democratization were forming. It questions the meaning of democratization for women and their relationship to national sovereignty within the new Indonesian state. Among other things, this work discusses women's organizations and their activities; women's social and economic roles; and different cultural, regional and ethnic attitudes towards women."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.