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Christianity, colonization, and gender relations in North Sumatra : a patrilineal society in flux /
"Offers an account of changes in Toba Batak society (Sumatra, Indonesia) under the influence of Christianity and Dutch colonial rule (1861-1942). Sita van Bemmelen's research focuses on customs and customary law related to the life cycle and gender relations. The book's first part is...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Brill,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;
v. 309. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Christianity, Colonization, and Gender Relations in North Sumatra: A Patrilineal Society in Flux; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations, Maps, Graphics and Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Grand Narratives: Where Do Kinship and Marriage Fit In?; 1.2 The Toba Batak; 1.3 Discourse, Agency and Modernities; 1.4 Kinship: Structure, Process, and Issues; 1.5 Composition; 1.6 Sources; Part 1: A Historical Ethnography; 2 The Construction of Toba Batak Gender; 2.1 Batak Adat and Its Divine Origin; 2.2 The Origin of Mankind and the Creation of the Earth
- 2.3 Gendered Hierarchies2.4 The Woman as the Intermediary between Clans; 2.5 Prohibited Marriages; 2.6 The Most Coveted Union; 2.7 Reciprocal Marriage Payments; 2.8 The Right Marriage is a Fertile Marriage; 2.9 Myth and Reality: Recurrent Themes; 2.10 Toba Batak Mythology as a Reflection of Gendered Interests; 3 Customary Marriage; 3.1 Hypogamy: The Ideal and the Practice; 3.2 Reasons for Forging Marital Alliances in the Nineteenth Century; 3.3 Fathers, Daughters, and Arranged Marriages; 3.4 Courtship and Premarital Sexual Relations; 3.5 Bypassing the Fathers
- 3.6 Never Relinquished by Her Family of Origin3.7 The Crucial Factor: The Agency of the Daughter; 4 Fertility, Mortality and the Pinnacle of Life; 4.1 Fertility, Morbidity, and Mortality in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century; 4.2 The Concept of a Blessed Life; 4.3 Male Progeny and the Journey of the Soul; 4.4 Joy and Grief; 4.5 Strategies to Avert Disaster; 4.6 The Male Strategy to Reach the Pinnacle of Life; 4.7 Gendered Odds; 5 Ruptures: Divorce and Widowhood; 5.1 Conflict, War, Mediation, and Jurisdiction; 5.2 Toba Batak Legal Terminology
- 5.3 Unreasonable Dislike of the Spouse and the Material Settlement of Divorce5.4 Women's Acquiescence; 5.5 Adultery and Abduction of a Married Woman; 5.6 Children Born out of Wedlock; 5.7 Levirate and Sororate: A Mixed Blessing and Men's Convenience; 5.8 Gendered Rights and Legal Competence; Part 2: Negotiations on Marriage Customs (1830-1942); 6 The Encroachment on the Batak World (1830-1883); 6.1 The Batak World around 1800; 6.2 The Invasions of the Padri and Their Impact (1825-1860); 6.3 Conversion to Christianity, Ostracism and 'Dutch Brides'; 6.4 Resistance and Conquest (1876-1883)
- 6.5 Changes in the Balance of Power6.6 Modes of Encroachment and Their Impact; 7 Negotiating the Future Social Order (1881-1885); 7.1 The Batak Mission's Dual Strategy for Transformation; 7.2 Rajas and Missionaries as Partners; 7.3 The Batak Mission's Aversion to the Brideprice; 7.4 The Abolition of the Brideprice Rejected (1884-1886); 7.5 Reluctant Resignation (1885-1911); 7.6 Women's Views on the Brideprice; 7.7 The Significance of the Debate; 8 Engineering Christian Toba Batak Marriage (1866-1913); 8.1 Customary and Christian Marriage