Muslims and Matriarchs : Cultural Resilience in Indonesia through Jihad and Colonialism /

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Muslims and Matriarchs is a history of an unusual, probably heretical, and ultimately resilient cultural system. The Minangkabau culture of West Sumatra, Indonesia, is well known as the world's largest matrilineal culture; Minangkabau people are also Muslim and famous for their piety. In this b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hadler, Jeffrey Alan, 1968-2017 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Minangkabauers.
Frau
Islam
Matriarchat
Women, Minangkabau.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)
Matriarchy.
Islam.
Families.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Familles > Histoire.
Matriarcat > Indonesie > Sumatera Barat > Histoire.
Islam > Histoire.
Minangkabau (Peuple d'Indonesie) > Histoire.
Family Characteristics
Family > history
Islam > history
Families > History.
Women, Minangkabau > History.
Matriarchy > Indonesia > Sumatera Barat > History.
Islam > History.
Minangkabau (Indonesian people) > History.
Minangkabau.
Westsumatra
Indonesia > Sumatera Barat.
Sumatera Barat (Indonesie) > Histoire.
Indonesia > ethnology
Indonesia
Sumatera Barat (Indonesia) > History.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contention unending
  • Shapes of the house
  • Interiors and shapes of the family
  • Educating children
  • Intimate contention
  • Earthquake
  • Families in motion
  • Conclusion : victorious buffalo, resilient matriarchate.

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