Change and Continuity in Minangkabau - 9780896801271

Change and Continuity in MinangkabauLocal, Regional, and Historical Perspectives on West Sumatra\nAuthor(s): Lynn L. Thomas, Franz Von Benda-Beckmann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Press\nISBN-13: 9780896801271, 978-0896801271\nSynopsis\nSocial 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.\n 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 fas.