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9%OFFLynn L. Thomas - Change and Continuity in Minangkabau: Local, Regional, and Historical Perspectives on West Sumatra - 9780896801271 - V9780896801271
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Change and Continuity in Minangkabau: Local, Regional, and Historical Perspectives on West Sumatra

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Description for Change and Continuity in Minangkabau: Local, Regional, and Historical Perspectives on West Sumatra Paperback.

Social scientists have long recognized many apparent contradictions in the Minangkabau. The world’s largest matrilineal people, they are also strongly Islamic and, as a society, remarkably modern and outward looking.
Focusing on Minangkabau proper, and treating several adjacent areas as well, this collection examines the resilience and adaptability of the Minangkabau in the face of outside political and economic pressures and of distortions in social science and legal theory. Individual studies address issues of kinship and other forms of social organization, ideology, and political and economic life. Together, they emphasize the integrity of Minangkabau social forms while revealing fascinating ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780896801271
SKU
V9780896801271
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Reviews for Change and Continuity in Minangkabau: Local, Regional, and Historical Perspectives on West Sumatra
“…some of the finest essays ever written on the matrilineal system of Minangkabau and their cultural areas are found in this volume. … Plainly put, this is an important book indeed which will be referred to for a long time by anthropologists and Southeast Asianists.”
Journal of Southeast Asia Studies
“…The variety of topics and the quality of ... Read more

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