Nancy J. Smith-Hefner, Islamizing Intimacies: Youth, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Indonesia. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press,

Abstract

Democratization and Islamization amidst globalization are important developments shaping the socio-political features of post-Suharto Indonesia. Since the reform era (after May 1998) Islam has gradually moved to the center stage, coloring the public sphere of Indonesian society. This book was written in that context of rapid socio-political change, in which Islamization and economic globalization inevitably affected gender relations in contemporary Indonesia. Different from most other books o...