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Muslims and Matriarchs: Cultural Resilience in Indonesia through Jihad and Colonialism
Jeffrey Hadler
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Hardback. Editor(s): Pempel, T. J.; Ravenhill, John. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1FMN; HBJF; HBTQ; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
Muslims and Matriarchs is a history of an unusual, probably heretical, and ultimately resilient cultural system. The Minangkabau culture of West Sumatra, Indonesia, is well known as the world's largest matrilineal culture; Minangkabau people are also Muslim and famous for their piety. In this book, Jeffrey Hadler examines the changing ideas of home and family in Minangkabau from the late eighteenth century to the 1930s. Minangkabau has experienced a sustained and sometimes violent debate between Muslim reformists and preservers of indigenous culture. During a protracted and bloody civil war of the early nineteenth century, neo-Wahhabi ... Read more
Muslims and Matriarchs is a history of an unusual, probably heretical, and ultimately resilient cultural system. The Minangkabau culture of West Sumatra, Indonesia, is well known as the world's largest matrilineal culture; Minangkabau people are also Muslim and famous for their piety. In this book, Jeffrey Hadler examines the changing ideas of home and family in Minangkabau from the late eighteenth century to the 1930s. Minangkabau has experienced a sustained and sometimes violent debate between Muslim reformists and preservers of indigenous culture. During a protracted and bloody civil war of the early nineteenth century, neo-Wahhabi ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
513g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801446979
SKU
V9780801446979
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About Jeffrey Hadler
The late Jeffrey Hadler was Associate Professor in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies and Chair of the Center for Southeast Asia Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Reviews for Muslims and Matriarchs: Cultural Resilience in Indonesia through Jihad and Colonialism
The text can be seen as a dialogue with the divergent types of studies on Minangkabau written by foreign and local-born scholars as well as by Minangkabau literati. Hardly any important topic is left out and hardly any significant and related event is left untouched. Muslims and Matriarchs is one of the most thought-provoking books ever written on Minangkabau, and ... Read more