Title: Pious Islam and women's activism in Indonesia

Authors: Rinaldo, Rachel

Place: East Lansing, MI

Publisher: Michigan state university. Women and international development (WID)

Year: 2008

Journal: Working paper / Women in international development (WID), Michigan state university

Volume: 291

PAGE: --

Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: islam, fundamentalism, muslim women, social action, social movements, women's rights, indonesia

Abstract: Can Islamic piety be a resource for Muslim women's political mobilization? Based on ethnographic research in Jakarta, Indonesia, it is argued that the institutional aspects of Islamic piety, and the redefinition of Islamic piety as public practice, help to promote women's political participation.

URL: http://gencen.isp.msu.edu/documents/Working_Papers/WP291.pdf

Document type: Portal