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Caged in on the Outside: Moral Subjectivity, Selfhood, and Islam in Minangkabau, Indonesia (Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory, 38) by Gregory M. Simon is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Caged in on the Outside is an intimate ethnographic exploration of the ways in which Minangkabau people understand human value. Minangkabau, an Islamic society in Indonesia that is also the largest matrilineal society in the world, has long fascinated anthropologists. Gregory Simon's book, based on extended ethnographic research in the small city of Bukittinggi, shines new light on Minangkabau social life by delving into people's interior lives, calling into question many assumptions about Southeast Asian values and the nature of Islamic practice. It offers a deeply human portrait that will engage readers interested in Indonesia, Islam, and psychological anthropology and those concerned with how human beings fashion and reflect on the moral meanings of their lives. Simon focuses on the tension between the values of social integration and individual autonomy--both of which are celebrated in this Islamic trading society. The book explores a series of ethnographic themes, each one illustrating a facet of this tension and its management in contemporary Minangkabau society: the moral structure of the city and its economic life, the nature of Minangkabau ethnic identity, the etiquette o
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- Author
- Gregory M. Simon
- Publisher
- Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780824838324
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Islam, History, Sociology
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