Contrary to the declarations of some anthropologists, matriarchies
do exist. Peggy Reeves Sanday first went to West Sumatra in 1981,
intrigued by reports that the matrilineal Minangkabau -- one of the
largest ethnic groups in Indonesia -- label their society a
matriarchy. Numbering some four million in West Sumatra, the
Minangkabau are known in Indonesia for their literary flair,
business acumen, and egalitarian, democratic relationships between
men and women.
Sanday uses her repeated visits to West Sumatra in the closing
decades of the twentieth century as the basis for a new definition
of matriarchy. From the vantage point of daily life in villages,
especially one where she developed close personal ties, Sanday's
narrative is centered on how the Minangkabau conceive of their
world and think humans should behave, along with the practices and
rituals they claim uphold their matriarchate.
Women at the Center leaves the reader with a solid sense of the
respect for women that permeates Minangkabau culture, and gives new
life to the concept of matriarchy.
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