Pious Girls

This book examines young Muslim women's groups in Indonesia to show how a new type of young Muslim woman is emerging: pious and loyal to traditional Muslim ideas, whilst at the same time entrepreneurial, comfortable with the world of neoliberal capitalism, living modern, middle class urban lives and above all assertive and forward-looking.

This book, based on extensive original research, examines young Muslim women's groups in Indonesia to show how a new type of young Muslim woman is emerging: pious and loyal to traditional Muslim ideas, whilst at the same time entrepreneurial, comfortable with the world of neoliberal capitalism, living modern, middle-class urban lives, and, above all, assertive and forward-looking. The book analyzes the different facets of this new approach to Islam, shows how the young Muslim women's groups influence Indonesian society, politics and the economy overall, and highlights that it is young Muslim women's ideas about improving themselves that is key in bringing about the new approach.

Autorentext

Annisa R. Beta is a lecturer in cultural studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Klappentext

This book examines young Muslim women's groups in Indonesia to show how a new type of young Muslim woman is emerging: pious and loyal to traditional Muslim ideas, whilst at the same time entrepreneurial, comfortable with the world of neoliberal capitalism, living modern, middle class urban lives and above all assertive and forward-looking.

Inhalt

Contents

List of Figures

Glossary

Transcription Notes

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Young Muslim Women Coming into the Light

Chapter 1 Reconfiguring the Ideal Young Muslim Woman

Chapter 2 Gaining Visibility, Occupying Visuality

Chapter 3 The 'Muslimwoman' and Self-transformation

Chapter 4 Be Entrepreneurial! The Productive Pious Feminine Subject in Neoliberal Indonesia

Coda: Being Young Muslim Women in the Midst of Change

Index