Women at the Center: Life in a Modern Matriarchy

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Women at the Center: Life in a Modern Matriarchy
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Contrary to the declarations of some anthropologists, matriarchies do exist. Peggy Reeves Sanday first went to West Sumatra in 1981, intrigued by reports that the matrilineal Minangkabauâ€”one of the largest ethnic groups in Indonesiaâ€”label their society a matriarchy. Numbering some four million in West Sumatra, the Minangkabau are known in Indonesia for their literary flair, business acumen, and egalitarian, democratic relationships between men and women. Sanday uses her repeated visits to West Sumatra in the closing decades of the twentieth century as the basis for a new definition of matriarchy. From the vantage point of daily life in villages, especially one where she developed close personal ties, Sanday's narrative is centered on how the Minangkabau conceive of their world and think humans should behave, along with the practices and rituals they claim uphold their matriarchate. Women at the Center leaves the reader with a solid sense of the respect for women that permeates Minangkabau culture, and gives new life to the concept of matriarchy.
Country USA
Brand Cornell University Press
Manufacturer Cornell University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1 map, 6 charts/graphs, 31 halftones
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780801489068
ReleaseDate 2003-10-16

Country	USA
Brand	Cornell University Press
Manufacturer	Cornell University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	1 map, 6 charts/graphs, 31 halftones
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780801489068
ReleaseDate	2003-10-16

Women at the Center: Life in a Modern Matriarchy

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