Gender, power and the ambiguities of resistance in a malay community of peninsular malaysia

The aim of this article is to foreground the complex and ambiguous nature of resistance stategies and the accompanying conflicting subjectivities of Malay women living in coastal peninsular Malaysia in the late 1980s. Whilst the examples are very ‘domestic’ (involving women’s and girls’ relationship...

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Published in:Women's studies international forum 1999-01, Vol.22 (1), p.49-61
Main Author: Healey, Lucy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coasts
Family Power
Females
Gender differentiation
Islam
Malaysia
Modernity
Muslims
Power
Resistance
Resistance movements
Sex roles
Social Power
Women
Women's studies
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Summary:The aim of this article is to foreground the complex and ambiguous nature of resistance stategies and the accompanying conflicting subjectivities of Malay women living in coastal peninsular Malaysia in the late 1980s. Whilst the examples are very ‘domestic’ (involving women’s and girls’ relationships within and between members of village households), the analysis of the conflicts is placed in terms of the broader processes of modernity in Malaysia. It is both a study of gendered power and identity construction and an illustration of the ways in which Malay women are positioned as bearers of an aspiring modern, Malay, Muslim culture.
ISSN:0277-5395
1879-243X
DOI:10.1016/S0277-5395(98)00094-6