Religion, class and schooled sexuality among Minangkabau teenage girls

This paper examines the meanings attached to sexuality and femininity by Minangkabau teenage girls in schools in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Schools in West Sumatra communicate a hegemonic, normative understanding of womanhood, and a moral consciousness of the female sexual body, to students. Different...

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Main Author: Lyn Parker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BRILL 2009-05-01
Series:Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
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Online Access:http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/view/3627