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Change and continuity in Minangkabau: Local, regional, and historical perspectives on West Sumatra. Papers pres. at a symposium held in April 1981 in Amsterdam, under the auspices of the Inter-Congress of the Intern. Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences by Lynn L Thomas; Franz von Benda-Beckmann; IUAES-Intercongress is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>Social scientists have long recognized many apparent contradictions in the Minangkabau. The world's largest matrilineal people, they are also strongly Islamic and, as a society, remarkably modern and outward-looking.<p> Focusing on Minangkabau proper, and treating several adjacent areas as well, this collection examines the resilience and adaptability of the Minangkabau in the face of outside political and economic pressures and of distortions in social science and legal theory. Individual studies address issues of kinship and other forms of social organization, ideology, and political and economic life. Together, they emphasize the integrity of Minangkabau social forms while revealing fascinating patterns of continuity and change in Minangkabau culture.<p> This collection will be of particular interest to anthropologists specializing in Southeast Asia, but it will also be important reading for those concerned with the issue of change and continuity in the third world generally.</p>

Author

Lynn L Thomas; Franz von Benda-Beckmann; IUAES-Intercongress

Publisher

Ohio University Center for International Studies; Ohio University Press

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9780896801271

Subjects

Sociology, History, Science