Christianity, colonization, and gender relations in North Sumatra : a patrilineal society in flux. by Sita T. van Bemmelen

• Related Titles: Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 309 Christianity, colonization, and gender relations in North Sumatra
• Author: Bemmelen, Sita van
• Publisher: Leiden : Brill, copyright 2018
  
• Subjects: Toba Batak (peuple d'Indonésie) -- Histoire;
  Toba Batak (peuple d'Indonésie) -- Parenté;
  Parenté -- Histoire -- Indonésie -- Sumatra (Indonésie nord);
  Christianisme et culture -- Histoire -- Indonésie -- Sumatra (Indonésie nord);
  Rôle selon le sexe -- Histoire -- Indonésie -- Sumatra (Indonésie nord);
  Mariage -- Histoire -- Indonésie -- Sumatra (Indonésie nord);
  Ethnologie -- Indonésie -- Sumatra (Indonésie nord);
  Toba-Batak (Indonesian people) -- History;
  Toba-Batak (Indonesian people) -- Kinship;
  Kinship -- History -- Indonesia -- Tapanuli Utara;
  Christianity and culture -- History -- Indonesia -- Tapanuli Utara;
  Sex role -- History -- Indonesia -- Tapanuli Utara;
  Marriage -- History -- Indonesia -- Tapanuli Utara;
  Ethnology -- Indonesia -- Tapanuli Utara
• Includes: Existe aussi en version électronique
  Bibliogr. p. [525]-546. Index
  
• lds04: "Offers an account of changes in Toba Batak society (Sumatra, Indonesia) under the influence of Christianity and Dutch colonial rule (1861-1942). Sita van Bemmelen's research focuses on customs and customary law related to the life cycle and gender relations. The book's first part is a historical ethnography, describing society as it 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 the marriage customs. Each contestant had an evolving view on desirable modernity. Christianity and colonial rule changed the way the Toba Batak reproduced their patrilineal kinship system. This affected gender relations permanently"--
  
• Language: English
  
• Creation Date: copyright 2018
  
• Identifier: 978-90-04-34574-4 ; 90-04-34574-4
  
• Format: 1 vol. (XV-574 p.) : ill., couv. ill. ; 25 cm