03206nam 2200505 450 991082118220332120230809230930.090-04-34575-210.1163/9789004345751(CKB)4100000000932319(MiAaPQ)EBC5570589 2017015095(nllekb)BRILL9789004345751(Au-PeEL)EBL5570589(OCoLC)1015876540(EXLCZ)99410000000093231920220526d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChristianity, colonization, and gender relations in North Sumatra a patrilineal society in flux /Sita T. van BemmelenLeiden :Brill,[2017]©20171 online resource (xv, 574 pages) illustrations, mapsVerhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;v. 30990-04-34574-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A Historical Ethnography -- The Construction of Toba Batak Gender -- Customary Marriage -- Fertility, Mortality and the Pinnacle of Life -- Ruptures: Divorce and Widowhood -- Negotiations on Marriage Customs (1830–1942) -- The Encroachment on the Batak World (1830–1883) -- Negotiating the Future Social Order (1881–1885) -- Engineering Christian Toba Batak Marriage (1866–1913) -- Shifting Alliances, Revised Strategies (1892–1913) -- The Secular Takeover (1914–1934) -- Administrative Zeal Eroding Customary Marriage (1912–1942) -- Dynamite Disputes: Mirror of Change (1923–1939) -- Matching Partners (1920–1942) -- Conclusion: Toba Batak after All.In this book Sita van Bemmelen offers an account of changes in Toba Batak society (Sumatra, Indonesia) due to Christianity and Dutch colonial rule (1861-1942) with a focus on customs and customary law related to the life cycle and gender relations. The first part, a historical ethnography, describes them as they existed at the onset of colonial rule. The second part zooms in on the negotiations between the Toba Batak elite, the missionaries of the German Rhenish Mission and colonial administrators about these customs showing the evolving views on desirable modernity of each contestant. The pillars of the Toba patrilineal kinship system were challenged, but alterations changed the way it was reproduced and gender relations for ever.Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde309.Toba-Batak (Indonesian people)HistoryChristianity and cultureHistoryToba-Batak (Indonesian people)History.Christianity and cultureHistory.305.48899224620730922Van Bemmelen Sita T.1652861MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821182203321Christianity, colonization, and gender relations in North Sumatra4003783UNINA