Women at the Centre - University of Ottawa
Women at the Centre - University of Ottawa
Women at the Centre - University of Ottawa
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Fieldwork in West Sum<strong>at</strong>ra<br />
• For more than 20 years I conducted field research in<br />
West Sum<strong>at</strong>ra beginning in l981 and still ongoing.<br />
For more inform<strong>at</strong>ion, see my book <strong>Women</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Center: Life in a Modern M<strong>at</strong>riarchy, Cornell<br />
<strong>University</strong> Press (2002).<br />
• In this book I redefine m<strong>at</strong>riarchy as <strong>the</strong> cultural<br />
elabor<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> a symbolic system in which MOTHER<br />
and NURTURE are <strong>the</strong> dominant symbols—as<br />
opposed to power and dominance. My article on this<br />
redefinition appears in <strong>the</strong> recently issued Oxford<br />
Encylopedia <strong>of</strong> <strong>Women</strong> in World History.
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