Christianity, colonization, and gender relations in North Sumatra : : a patrilineal society in flux / / Sita T. van Bemmelen.
In this book Sita van Bemmelen offers an account of changes in Toba Batak society (Sumatra, Indonesia) due to Christianity and Dutch colonial rule (1861-1942) with a focus on customs and customary law related to the life cycle and gender relations. The first part, a historical ethnography, describes...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 574 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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| Summary: | In this book Sita van Bemmelen offers an account of changes in Toba Batak society (Sumatra, Indonesia) due to Christianity and Dutch colonial rule (1861-1942) with a focus on customs and customary law related to the life cycle and gender relations. The first part, a historical ethnography, describes them as they existed at the onset of colonial rule. The second part zooms in on the negotiations between the Toba Batak elite, the missionaries of the German Rhenish Mission and colonial administrators about these customs showing the evolving views on desirable modernity of each contestant. The pillars of the Toba patrilineal kinship system were challenged, but alterations changed the way it was reproduced and gender relations for ever. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004345752 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Sita T. van Bemmelen. |