Women at the center : life in a modern matriarchy

Women at the center : life in a modern matriarchy / Peggy Reeves Sanday.

Author/creator	Sanday, Peggy Reeves
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2002.
Description	xv, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Minangkabau (Indonesian people)--Social life and customs. Matriarchy--Indonesia --Sumatera Barat.

Contents	"Nature is our teacher". Adat matriarchaat as a world view. The divine queens -- Discovering Belubus. Looking toward Mt. Merapi. Diversity in daily life -- Celebrating life. Discovering Adat Ibu. Eggi becomes Minangkabau. Exchanging husbands and bananas. Negotiating marriage. Getting married. Songs and the performance of desire -- How men uphold matrilineal Adat. Being and becoming a Penghulu. Death of a Penghulu, reprimand of another -- Millennial musings. Adat in the twenty-first century. Redefining matriarchy.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-265) and index.
LCCN	2001006790
ISBN	0801440041 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS632.M4 S265 2002	Item has been checked out - Due: 10/06/2024	Want This?