Caged in on the Outside: Moral Subjectivity, Selfhood, and Islam in Minangkabau, Indonesia

(Part of the Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory Series)

by Gregory M. Simon

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Caged in on the Outside is an intimate ethnographic exploration of the ways in which Minangkabau people understand human value. Minangkabau, an Islamic society in Indonesia that is also the largest matrilineal society in the world, has long fascinated anthropologists. Gregory Simon's book, based on extended ethnographic research in the small city of Bukittinggi, shines new light on Minangkabau social life by delving into people's interior lives,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0824838300

ISBN13:9780824838300

Release Date:July 2014

Publisher:University of Hawaii Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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