9780804716666 - Rice, Rupees, and Ritual: Economy and Society Among the Samosir Batak of Sumatra von Sherman, D. George (9 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: (xiii, 366 pages) : illustrations, maps. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index.Contents: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- A Note on Pronunciation and Orthography -- Introduction -- 1. Deceptive Appearances: Environment, Demography, and Agricultural Change -- 2. History and Change -- 3. Ethnohistory, Inequality, and Contemporary Village Politics -- 4. Bius: Religious Conflict and Accommodation -- 5. Ritual Expressions of Values and the Feasting System -- 6. The Agricultural Cycle and the Cycle of Wants -- 7. The Ecology and Ethnology of Batak Grassland Farming -- 8. Marketing, Credit, and Investment -- 9. Age and Gender Differentials in the Work Force -- 10. Modes of Labor Mobilization -- 11. Ownership, Care, and Values of Livestock -- 12. Landholding and Transference -- 13. Reciprocity and Spheres of Exchange in Batak Economy -- 14. Change and Persistence in the Worldview of Samosir Villagers -- Appendix A. Methods of Data Gathering -- Appendix B. Means of Measurement and Their Margins of Error -- Appendix C. Regulations Promulgated at a Church-Sanctioned Feast -- Appendix D. Rice-Growing Statistics -- References Cited -- Index. Subjects: Toba-Batak (Indonesian people) Economic conditions. Toba-Batak (Indonesian people) Social life and customs. Toba-Batak (Indonesian people) - Economic conditionsSamosir Island (Indonesia) - Economic conditionsSamosir Island (Indonesia) - Social life and customs. Agriculture Asia Economics. Agriculture Sumatra Economics. 3 Kg.

Five black and white line maps, several black and white photographic illustrations and line illustrations, xiii + 366 pp, appendices, index, dustjacket. "In this ethnographic study of the small mountain village of Huta Ginjang in the Samosir area of northern Sumatra, the author pursues three main themes: the role of rice in the Batak economy, the ritual significance and political economy of feasting, and the cultural ecology of dry- and flooded-field rice-growing. After introductory chapters present the environmental and historical background of the Samosir region, the author describes the socio-cultural base on which its agricultural economy rests: indigenous political and religious institutions, concepts of patrilineal descent and marriage alliance, and, most importantly, the ideology of the feasting system." (Blurb).

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Zustand: New. This is an ethnographic study of the small mountain village of Huta Ginjang in the Samosir area of northern Sumatra. The author explores the themes of the role of rice in the Batak economy of feasting, and the cultural ecology of dry and flooded-field rice .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this ethnographic study of the small mountain village of Huta Ginjang in the Samosir area of northern Sumatra, the author pursues three main themes: the role of rice in the Batak economy of feasting, and the cultural ecology of dry- and flooded-field rice-growing. Two important questions emerge: How did the social and economic changes resulting from Dutch colonization - particularly the adoption of money as a medium of exchange - affect Samosir Batak culture/ Have the values that largely shape the local economy been fundamentally altered by the effects of colonization and subsequent Japanese and Indonesian administrations After introductory chapters present the environmental and historical background of the Samosir region, the author describes the socio-cultural base on which its agricultural economy rests: indigenous political and religious institutions, concepts of patrilineal descent and marriage alliance, and, most importantly, the ideology of the feasting system. He then examines in detail and in comparative perspective the agricultural practices of Huta Ginjang, and also deals more generally with the economic relations and institutions of the villagers, notably marketing, credit, and cooperative endeavours. Since the key production units are nuclear families, the author analyzes the development of households and the organization of labor in cultivating crops. He then turns to the distribution of livestock and land by both ritual and nonritual means. The book is illustrated with photographs, line drawings, and maps.