Matrilineal practices among muslims
An ethnographic study of the Minangkabau of West Sumatra
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2402829 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleena Sebastian (0000-0002-2049-4445, National Institute of Advanced Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 155-176 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-1381 • E-ISSN: 1741-2714 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14661381221147137 |
| OpenAlex | W4313248853 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 31 |
Matrilineal practices constitute an important aspect of the social organization among the Minangkabau Muslims of West Sumatra. Challenges were posed to the co-existence of customary practices and religious elements by specific regional and historic factors such as Dutch colonialism, the introduction of the money economy, Islamic reformism, legislative interventions, and other socio-economic transformations in colonial and post-colonial West Sumatra. These factors attempted to refashion kinship along new familial relations and was marked by the entry of Minangkabau women into the public sphere, engaging with the transformation in multifarious ways. What one could observe in their contemporary form of social organization is the mutual existence of change and continuity of practices. These practices need to be understood as historically specific negotiations among customs, religion and the state, and are ethnographically explored in the paper
Colonialism · Ethnography · Geography · Islam · Kinship · Legislature · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia · Gender Studies · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |