Patterns of resistance and transgression in Eastern Indonesia: Single women's practices of clandestine courtship and cohabitation

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-112

  Bennett, Linda Rae ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Courtship; Indonesia; Single women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; COURTSHIP; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IDEOLOGY; INDONESIA; MARRIAGE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

COURTSHIP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NARRATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SINGLE PERSON; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 13244258468     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050412331291397     Document Type: Article

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