Indonesians and Their Arab World: Guided Mobility Among Labor Migrants and Mecca Pilgrims

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Mirjam Lücking

Indonesians and Their Arab World

Guided Mobility Among Labor Migrants and Mecca Pilgrims

Mirjam Lücking

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Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University
15 January 2021

Islam; Politics & government; Industrial relations & safety; Industrial relations

Indonesians and Their Arab World explores the ways contemporary Indonesians understand their relationship to the Arab world. Despite being home to the largest Muslim population in the world, Indonesia exists on the periphery of an Islamic world centered around the Arabian Peninsula. Mirjam Lucking approaches the problem of interpreting the current conservative turn in Indonesian Islam by considering the ways personal relationships, public discourse, and matters of religious self-understanding guide two groups of Indonesians who actually travel to the Arabian Peninsula-labor migrants and Mecca pilgrims-in becoming physically mobile and making their mobility meaningful. This concept, which Lucking calls ""guided mobility,"" reveals that changes in Indonesian Islamic traditions are grounded in domestic social constellations and calls claims of outward Arab influence in Indonesia into question. With three levels of comparison (urban and rural areas, Madura and Central Java, and migrants and pilgrims), this ethnographic case study foregrounds how different regional and socioeconomic contexts determine Indonesians' various engagements with the Arab world.

By: Mirjam Lücking
Imprint: Southeast Asia Program Publications, Cornell University
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781501753121
ISBN 10: 1501753126
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 15 January 2021
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Whose Arab World Is It? 1. Indonesia and the Arab World, Then and Now 2. The Beaten Tracks and Embedded Returns of Migrants and Pilgrims 3. Arab Others Abroad and at Home 4. Alternative Routes in Madura and Translational Moments in Java Conclusion: Continuity through Guided Mobility

Mirjam Lücking is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Martin Buber Society at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Reviews for Indonesians and Their Arab World: Guided Mobility Among Labor Migrants and Mecca Pilgrims

[T]he book certainly presents an important topic in contemporary Indonesian Islam and society and is greatly useful for those concerned with the issues of transnational migration, pilgrimage, and human mobility. * International Journal of Asian Studies * Mirjam Lucking's book is a worthwhile contribution to the relationship between Indonesia and the greater Islamic world, or countries in the Middle East. This book is recommended for anyone interested in the influence of the Arab world in shaping Indonesian Muslims' everyday interactions with Islam. * Asian Studies Review *