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

by Gregory M. Simon

Book Overview

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"