Carolyn Szuter
My research interests include gender, entrepreneurship, feminism, health, traditional medicine, and Southeast Asian studies. I am currently researching the impact of sexual harassment and violence on women's informal businesses in the traditional medicine sector in central Java, Indonesia.
Supervisors: Professor Maria Costanza Torri, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Phone: 2165705487
Address: West Lafayette, Indiana
Supervisors: Professor Maria Costanza Torri, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Phone: 2165705487
Address: West Lafayette, Indiana
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In light of the above considerations, the goal of this paper is to explore the shortcomings of normalized concepts surrounding the research of gender entrepreneurship by focusing on informal gender enterprises centered on traditional medicine in Southern Java, Indonesia. The case study analyzed in this paper confirms the concerns highlighted by post-structural feminist theorists such as Ahl. This study emphasizes the need to consider local social institutions and gender constructions, as well as local historical and economic settings, as the driving forces which shape the phenomenon of “entrepreneurship” and “entrepreneurs”.
In light of the above considerations, the goal of this paper is to explore the shortcomings of normalized concepts surrounding the research of gender entrepreneurship by focusing on informal gender enterprises centered on traditional medicine in Southern Java, Indonesia. The case study analyzed in this paper confirms the concerns highlighted by post-structural feminist theorists such as Ahl. This study emphasizes the need to consider local social institutions and gender constructions, as well as local historical and economic settings, as the driving forces which shape the phenomenon of “entrepreneurship” and “entrepreneurs”.