Mark R. Woodward
Encyclopedia
Mark R. Woodward is an American academic and author of Islam in Java.
He conducted ethnographic research in the Yogyakarta Indonesia
region in the New Order
era.
's observations of almost 30 years before in East Java
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He conducted ethnographic research in the Yogyakarta Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
region in the New Order
New Order (Indonesia)
The New Order is the term coined by former Indonesian President Suharto to characterize his regime as he came to power in 1966. Suharto used this term to contrast his rule with that of his predecessor, Sukarno...
era.
Critical response
Islam in Java elicited a range of responses due to its diverging from Clifford GeertzClifford Geertz
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered "for three decades...the single most influential cultural anthropologist in the United States." He served until...
's observations of almost 30 years before in East Java
East Java
East Java is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and islands to its east and to its north East Java is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and...
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Publications
- Woodward, Mark R. (1989) Islam in Java : normative piety and mysticism in the sultanate of Yogyakarta University of Arizona Press, Tucson: Monographs of the Association for Asian Studies ; no. 45. ISBN 0816511039 (alk. paper)
- Suwarno, Peter (1999) Dictionary of Javanese proverbs and idiomatic expressions with a foreword by Mark R. Woodward Yogyakarta, Indonesia : Gadjah Mada University Press. ISBN 9794204528