Minangkabau mothers and daughters in contemporary "rantau" society; Regaining power with modifified matrilineal principles and patriarchal "rantau" norms
The action of pai marantau (emigrating) is usually associated with the Minangkabau, the world’s largest matrilineal society, and one of the most fervently Islamic societies in Indonesia – the country with the largest Muslim population in the world. Once, it was mainly men who migrated, but more rece...
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Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Humanities
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| description | The action of pai marantau (emigrating) is usually associated with the Minangkabau, the world’s largest matrilineal society, and one of the most fervently Islamic societies in Indonesia – the country with the largest Muslim population in the world. Once, it was mainly men who migrated, but more recently, women have also been emigrating. One consequence of emigrating from the matrilineal heartland in West Sumatra is that women lose some of the privileges conferred by the matrilineal adat, especially those pertaining to inheritance. Using qualitative fieldwork methods and Kandiyoti’s theory of the patriarchal bargain (1988), this paper explores how these women reconstitute matriliny in the contemporary rantau – in the multi-cultural society of the mega-city of Jabodetabek – by modifying it, and negotiating the terms of patriarchal norms. By exploring the mother-daughter relationships of emigrant Minangkabau women, the conclusion is that they have successfully exercised their agency, adapting to social changes, and regaining their power by using modified matriliny, and taking advantage of patriarchal norms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5538892129ac4f7389ef0504caa5f99a2023-06-26T03:15:01ZengUniversitas Indonesia, Faculty of HumanitiesWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia1411-22722407-68992023-04-0124219722410.17510/wacana.v24i2.1170Minangkabau mothers and daughters in contemporary "rantau" society; Regaining power with modifified matrilineal principles and patriarchal "rantau" normsMina Elfira0Faculty of Humanities, Universitas IndonesiaThe action of pai marantau (emigrating) is usually associated with the Minangkabau, the world’s largest matrilineal society, and one of the most fervently Islamic societies in Indonesia – the country with the largest Muslim population in the world. Once, it was mainly men who migrated, but more recently, women have also been emigrating. One consequence of emigrating from the matrilineal heartland in West Sumatra is that women lose some of the privileges conferred by the matrilineal adat, especially those pertaining to inheritance. Using qualitative fieldwork methods and Kandiyoti’s theory of the patriarchal bargain (1988), this paper explores how these women reconstitute matriliny in the contemporary rantau – in the multi-cultural society of the mega-city of Jabodetabek – by modifying it, and negotiating the terms of patriarchal norms. By exploring the mother-daughter relationships of emigrant Minangkabau women, the conclusion is that they have successfully exercised their agency, adapting to social changes, and regaining their power by using modified matriliny, and taking advantage of patriarchal norms.https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol24/iss2/1/minangkabaumatrilinymother-daughter relationshipislampatriarchy. |
| spellingShingle | Mina Elfira Minangkabau mothers and daughters in contemporary "rantau" society; Regaining power with modifified matrilineal principles and patriarchal "rantau" norms Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia minangkabau matriliny mother-daughter relationship islam patriarchy. |
| title | Minangkabau mothers and daughters in contemporary "rantau" society; Regaining power with modifified matrilineal principles and patriarchal "rantau" norms |
| title_full | Minangkabau mothers and daughters in contemporary "rantau" society; Regaining power with modifified matrilineal principles and patriarchal "rantau" norms |
| title_fullStr | Minangkabau mothers and daughters in contemporary "rantau" society; Regaining power with modifified matrilineal principles and patriarchal "rantau" norms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Minangkabau mothers and daughters in contemporary "rantau" society; Regaining power with modifified matrilineal principles and patriarchal "rantau" norms |
| title_short | Minangkabau mothers and daughters in contemporary "rantau" society; Regaining power with modifified matrilineal principles and patriarchal "rantau" norms |
| title_sort | minangkabau mothers and daughters in contemporary rantau society regaining power with modifified matrilineal principles and patriarchal rantau norms |
| topic | minangkabau matriliny mother-daughter relationship islam patriarchy. |
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