May 10, 2002
Anthropologist Finds Modern Matriarchy in Part of Indonesia
Does matriarchy exist? Peggy Reeves Sanday says yes. For two decades, Ms. Sanday, a professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, has been studying gender in West Sumatra, Indonesia. In her new book, Women at the Center: Life in a Modern Matriarchy (Cornell University Press), she argues that the Minangkabau ethnic group, which encompasses four million people, represents an underappreciated female-centered model of social relations. The Minangkabau's land and property are handed
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