Webs of Power - Women, Kin, and Community in a Sumatran Village (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2000
First published:	December 1999
Authors:	Evelyn Blackwood
Dimensions:	233 x 154 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	249
ISBN-13:	978-0-8476-9911-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism Promotions
LSN:	0-8476-9911-0
Barcode:	9780847699117

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