TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nurmila,Nina
TI  - Women, Islam and everyday life: renegotiating polygamy in Indonesia 
T2  - Women in Asia series
SN  - 9780415673877
AV  - HQ1170 .N97 2009
U1  - 306.84/2308829709598 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Muslim women
KW  - Indonesia
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Women in Islam
KW  - Polygamy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-194) and index; Polygamy in context : family and kinship -- Muslim discourses on polygamy in Indonesia -- Reactions to and negotiation around polygamous marriages -- Polygamous households
N2  - "This book examines Islam and women's everyday life, focusing in particular on the highly controversial issue of polygamy. It discusses the competing interpretations of the Qur'anic verses that are at the heart of Muslim controversies over polygamy, with some groups believing that Islam enshrines polygamy as a male right, others seeing it as permitted but discouraged in favor of monogamy, and other groups arguing that Islam implicitly prohibits polygamy. Based on detailed fieldwork conducted in Indonesia, it provides an empirically-based account of women's lived experiences in polygamous marriages, describing the different perceptions of the practice and strategies in dealing with it. It also considers the impact of public policy, in particular Indonedia's 1974 Marriage Law which restricted the practice of polygamy. It shows, that, in fact, this law has not resulted in widespread adherence, and considers how public policy could be modified to increase its effectiveness in affecting behavior in everyday life. Overall, this book argues that polygamy has been a source of injustice towards women and children, that this is against Islamic teaching, and that a just Islamic law would need to call for the abolition of polygamy"--Publisher description
ER  -