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

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...

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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.
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Physical Description:1 online resource.
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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.