Webs of Power

Women, Kin, and Community in a Sumatran Village

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

Webs of Power offers a fresh perspective on women in Southeast Asia. Focusing on one rural Minangkabau village, the book provides vital insights into the gendered processes of post-coloniality. The Minangkabau living in West Sumatra are the largest matrilineal group in the world. They have intrigued generations of scholars because they are matrilineal and Islamic. By exploring the contestations and accommodations women and men make with state and Islamic ideologies, Webs of Power discloses the processes at the heart of globalization as well as the complexities of kinship and power in a rural agricultural community. The book challenges conventional thinking about matriliny, showing the prominence of senior women in all aspects of village life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-01-12
Mått:154 x 233 x 14 mm
Vikt:365 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:249
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780847699117

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Mer om författaren

Evelyn Blackwood is assistant professor in women's studies and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Purdue University.

Recensioner i media

The book makes a significant contribution to both gender studies and anthropology, for it is one of the few books that provides an empirical basis for the reality of women's social power. Webs of Power provides a very informative overview of the literature in both gender studies and anthropology while giving us an excellent summary of work not only in Minangkabau but in Southeast Asia more generally.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 1 Introduction: Matriliny, Gender, and PowerChapter 2 2 Village Currents in West SumatraChapter 3 3 Senior Women and Their HousesChapter 4 4 National Discourses and Daughters’ DesiresChapter 5 5 Senior Women and Ceremonial StrategiesChapter 6 6 Ceremonial Practice and the Ideology of RankChapter 7 7 Controlling Labor, Controlling Kin: Village Farm RelationsChapter 8 8 The Politics of Power