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In this ethnographic study of the small mountain village of Huta
Ginjang in the Samosir area of northern Sumatra, the author pursues
three main themes: the role of rice in the Batak economy of
feasting, and the cultural ecology of dry- and flooded-field
rice-growing. Two important questions emerge: How did the social
and economic changes resulting from Dutch colonization -
particularly the adoption of money as a medium of exchange - affect
Samosir Batak culture/ Have the values that largely shape the local
economy been fundamentally altered by the effects of colonization
and subsequent Japanese and Indonesian administrations? After
introductory chapters present the environmental and historical
background of the Samosir region, the author describes the
socio-cultural base on which its agricultural economy rests:
indigenous political and religious institutions, concepts of
patrilineal descent and marriage alliance, and, most importantly,
the ideology of the feasting system. He then examines in detail and
in comparative perspective the agricultural practices of Huta
Ginjang, and also deals more generally with the economic relations
and institutions of the villagers, notably marketing, credit, and
cooperative endeavours. Since the key production units are nuclear
families, the author analyzes the development of households and the
organization of labor in cultivating crops. He then turns to the
distribution of livestock and land by both ritual and nonritual
means. The book is illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and
maps.
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Border River (DVD)
Joel McCrea, Yvonne de Carlo, Pedro Armendariz, Alfonso Bedoya, Howard Petrie, …
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R307
R234
Discovery Miles 2 340
Save R73 (24%)
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George Sherman directs this 1950s Western starring Joel McCrea and
Yvonne De Carlo. During the American Civil War, Major Clete Mattson
(McCrea) arrives at Mexican enclave Zona Libre, having stolen two
millon dollars of Union money with which he plans to purchase
firearms for the Confederacy. The tyrannical General Eduardo
Calleja (Pedro Armendariz) who runs Zona Libre offers him a safe
haven for a substantial fee. However, the general's girlfriend
Carmelita (De Carlo), who develops feelings for Mattson, warns him
that Calleja can't be trusted...
'Hondo' (1953), 'McLintock!' (1963), 'True Grit' (1969), 'Rio Lobo' (1970), 'El Dorado' (1966), 'Big Jake' (1971), 'The Shootist' (1976), 'The Sons of Katie Elder' (1965) and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' (1962).
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