Gender relations in an Indonesian society
Subtitle: Bugis practices of sexuality and marriage
By: by Nurul Ilmi Idrus
Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde -- 303; Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde -- 303.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9789004311305; 9789004311947
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Bugis (Malay people); Customary law; Sex role; Marriage customs and rites; Social life and customs
Description: "Gender Relations in an Indonesian Society offers a comprehensive ethnography of Bugis marriage through an exploration of gender identity and sexuality in this bilateral, highly competitive, hierarchical society. Nurul Ilmi Idrus considers the fundamental concept of siriq (honour; shame) in relation to gender socialization, courtship, sex within marriage, the regulation of sexuality between genders, the importance of kinship and status in marriage, and the dynamics of marriage, divorce, and reconciliation. This analysis considers the practical combination of Islamic tenets with local adat (custom; customary law) and the effect of contemporary Indonesia's national ideology on cultural practices specific to Bugis society"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Siriq, gender and sexuality; title: Asseajingeng: marriage, family and social status; title: Assikalaibinengeng: the couple, the house and the household; title: Beliefs and sexual manners: Islam, Lontaraq and everyday; title: Marriage, divorce and reconciliation: state law, Islam and local practice; title: Family dynamics in urban life: violence, media and the state; title: The ethnography of marriage: understanding Bugis.