Women at the center : life in a modern matriarchy - Sanday, Peggy Reeves (Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2002)
'Nature is our teacher'. Adat matriarchaat as a world view. The divine queens -- Discovering Belubus. Looking toward Mt. Merapi. Diversity in daily life -- Celebrating life. Discovering Adat Ibu. Eggi becomes Minangkabau. Exchanging husbands and bananas. Negotiating marriage. Getting married. Songs and the performance of desire -- How men uphold matrilineal Adat. Being and becoming a Penghulu. Death of a Penghulu, reprimand of another -- Millennial musings. Adat in the twenty-first century. Redefining matriarchy.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Social life and customs; Matriarchy -- Indonesia -- Sumatera Barat