Women at the Center: Life in a Modern Matriarchy by Peggy Reeves Sanday

Women at the Center: Life in a Modern Matriarchy

Peggy Reeves Sanday

270 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Contrary to the declarations of some anthropologists, matriarchies do exist. Peggy Reeves Sanday first went to West Sumatra in 1981, intrigued by reports that the matrilineal Minangkabau--one of the largest ethnic groups in Indonesia--label their ...

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