Rice, Rupees, and Ritual: Economy and Society Among the Samosir Batak of Sumatra

Rice, Rupees, and Ritual: Economy and Society Among the Samosir Batak of Sumatra Sherman D. George Wydawca: Stanford University Press Data wydania: 1990 ISBN: 9780804716666 Liczba stron: 384 Format: 216 x 140 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: 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 growing.