In the Shadow of Migration : : Rural Women and Their Household in North Tapanuli, Indonesia / / Janet Rodenburg.

• VerfasserIn: Rodenburg, Janet, 1960-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : KITLV Press,, [1997]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 174.; VKI Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This study explores the relationship between outmigration and gender roles in two villages in North Tapanuli, on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. In a symbolic sense, land and women have always represented security to Toba Batak men as they travelled in search of a livelihood. The main purpose of this study is to throw light on the options open to the women staying behind and the adjustments they make, as well as their reasons for making them. The approach followed is an anthropological one. It combines an analysis of actor-oriented perceptions and strategies with an insight into the structural forces that formed the context of migration as it developed from the late nineteenth century through the colonial period until today.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Janet Rodenburg -- Preface / Janet Rodenburg -- Chapter I Introduction / Janet Rodenburg -- Chapter II The villages / Janet Rodenburg -- Chapter III Men and women in the migration process / Janet Rodenburg -- Chapter IV The moral economy of kinship / Janet Rodenburg -- Chapter V The value of land / Janet Rodenburg -- Chapter VI The education syndrome / Janet Rodenburg -- Chapter VII Wives, sisters, and mothers / Janet Rodenburg -- Chapter VIII Conclusion / Janet Rodenburg -- Glossary / Janet Rodenburg -- Bibliography / Janet Rodenburg -- Index / Janet Rodenburg.