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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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- A Historical Ethnography
- The Construction of Toba Batak Gender
- Customary Marriage
- Fertility, Mortality and the Pinnacle of Life
- Ruptures: Divorce and Widowhood
- Negotiations on Marriage Customs (1830–1942)
- The Encroachment on the Batak World (1830–1883)
- Negotiating the Future Social Order (1881–1885)
- Engineering Christian Toba Batak Marriage (1866–1913)
- Shifting Alliances, Revised Strategies (1892–1913)
- The Secular Takeover (1914–1934)
- Administrative Zeal Eroding Customary Marriage (1912–1942)
- Dynamite Disputes: Mirror of Change (1923–1939)
- Matching Partners (1920–1942)
- Conclusion: Toba Batak after All.