Orality, Literacy, and Batak Concepts of Marriage Alliance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2959319 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Rodger (0000-0002-1544-8743), Susan Rodgers (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 433-450 |
| Publication date | 1984-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Anthropological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-7710 • E-ISSN: 2153-3806 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/jar.40.3.3629764 |
| OpenAlex | W2330877377 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 11 |
Research on the transition from oral to literate culture has much to offer students of kinship. This paper examines how the introduction of commercial printing and newspaper publishing has fostered a reformulation of Angkola Batak concepts of marriage alliance. Some folk portrayals present the wife-giver/wife-taker relationship in cosmological terms, while others present it as a social phenomenon. The diversity in homemade Angkola models of kinship is in part a consequence of the transition to literacy. Literate culture, moreover, is encircling ritual speech, forcing a rethinking of Batak kinship in line with literacy's own biases
Alliance · Diversity (politics) · Epistemology · Kinship · Literacy · Media studies · Newspaper · Orality · Pedagogy · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociology · Wife · Anthropology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · Media, Communication, and Education · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
| Citation span | 1985 - 2023 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |