‘When she steps on an ant, it will not die; but if she stumbles over a rice pestle, it will break into three parts': an un-subtle subversive woman dancing body in Hoerijah Adam's dance/choreography

This essay traces the life/works of Hoerijah Adam (1936-1971), known for her significance in co-shaping modern dance in Indonesia, providing a subversive discourse that decentres the conventional reading of Muslim women's bodies. Originating from Minangkabau, West Sumatra - the world's lar...

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Main Author: Minarti, Helly (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2020]
In: Religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 260-277
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Adam, Huriah 1936-1971 / Indonesia / Colonialism / Minangkabau / Muslim woman / Modern dance / Subversion
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
KBM Asia
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Hoerijah Adam
B matrilineal
B Modern dance
B Minangkabau
B Muslim
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This essay traces the life/works of Hoerijah Adam (1936-1971), known for her significance in co-shaping modern dance in Indonesia, providing a subversive discourse that decentres the conventional reading of Muslim women's bodies. Originating from Minangkabau, West Sumatra - the world's largest Muslim matrilineal society - exposed Adam to a hybrid upbringing of traditional home vis-a-vis localised progressive arts education combining Islamic teaching and Western-influenced artistic articulation. Her trajectory shows a woman's dancing body as paradoxical cultural processess, e.g., an interweaving of multiple discourses of Islam, matriliny, and modernism, informed by the innate resilience of Minangkabau culture in defending its core traits against the colonial powers.
ISSN:1096-1151
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2020.1713517