Embodied Contestations

'The main aim of this research project was to dissent angle social, political, and cultural complexities involved in public debates and phenomena of Islam and gender in post-Suharto Indonesia. Author focused on four different cases: the debate on female presidency, discussions on public sexuality, positions on veiling, and the dispute following pro-polygamy events. In the analyses of these debates, author concentrated on processes of meaning-making evident within representations of Muslim, nationalist, and feminist groups. By investigating how these groups have asserted certain images or emphasized certain arguments author mapped out how the "work" of meaning-making took place and what effect have come out of solidifying these meanings.'