1st Edition

Post-Tsunami Reconstruction in Indonesia Negotiating Normativity through Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives in Aceh

By Marjaana Jauhola Copyright 2013
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers a critical analysis of gender mainstreaming initiatives in the post-tsunami context in Indonesia. Aiming to challenge the terms of the debate in gender mainstreaming and disaster reconstruction efforts, Jauhola offers an important contribution for the discussion of what ‘feminisms and disasters’ could be. The work provides an in-depth analysis of three governmental practices of... Read more

INTRODUCTION: ‘Build Aceh Back Better’, 1. BECOMING BETTER MEN AND WOMEN: Gender Mainstreaming as a Technique of Governmentality, 2. POLITICAL LANDSCAPES OF GENDER MAINSTREAMING: Intelligibility of Gender in Aceh, 3. ‘THIS IS GENDER!’: Normalised Sex/Gender Divide and Subverted Gender, 4. ‘WOMEN CAN DO IT TOO!’: Governing Post-Tsunami Gender Norms through Radiowaves, 5. PROJECT MANAGERIAL PRACTICES OF GENDER MAINSTREAMING:Governing Spatial and Temporal Landscapes of Post-Tsunami Aceh, CONCLUSION: Is Aceh Built Back Better?

Biography

Marjaana Jauhola is Postdoctoral Researcher in Development Studies in the Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.