| Christianity, Colonization, and Gender Relations in North Sumatra: A Patrilineal Society in Flux Contributor(s): Van Bemmelen, Sita T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004345744 ISBN-13: 9789004345744 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $145.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - General |
| Series: Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (2.00 lbs) 590 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book Sita van Bemmelen offers an account of changes in Toba Batak society (Sumatra, Indonesia) due to Christianity and Dutch colonial rule (1861-1942) with a focus on customs and customary law related to the life cycle and gender relations. The first part, a historical ethnography, describes them as they existed at the onset of colonial rule. The second part zooms in on the negotiations between the Toba Batak elite, the missionaries of the German Rhenish Mission and colonial administrators about these customs showing the evolving views on desirable modernity of each contestant. The pillars of the Toba patrilineal kinship system were challenged, but alterations changed the way it was reproduced and gender relations for ever. |