1st Edition
Marriage, Gender and Islam in Indonesia Women Negotiating Informal Marriage, Divorce and Desire
By Maria Platt
Copyright 2017
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Marriage is central to Indonesia’s social fabric and critical in defining socially legitimate relationships. This book offers a rich anthropological account of Muslim Indonesian women’s experiences of courtship, love, marital discord and separation, polygamy, divorce and remarriage. By applying a new approach to theorising marital experiences as playing out across a dynamic marital continuum, it... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Mapping marital ambiguity
3. Kawin-lari and spontaneous marriage
4. Extramarital relationships: Disruptions and desire
5. Divorce and its discontents
6. Conclusion
Biography
Maria Platt is a Research Affiliate in the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
