{"product_id":"rice-rupees-and-ritual-9780804716666","title":"Rice Rupees and Ritual","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA note on pronunciation and orthography  Introduction  Part I. Environment and History: 1. Deceptive appearances  2. History and change  Part II. Sociocultural Effects of Colonial Penetration: 3. Ethnohistory, inequality, and contemporary village politics  4. Bius: religious conflict and accommodation  5. Ritual expressions of values and the feasting system  Part III. Agriculture and Trade: 6. The agricultural cycle and the cycle of wants  7. The ecology and ethnology of Batak grassland farming  8. Marketing, credit, and investment  Part IV. Access to Resources: Labour and Land in Interpreting the Economy: 9. Age and gender differentials in the work force  10. Modes of labor mobilization  11. Ownership, care, and values of livestock  12. landholding and transference  Part V. Modeling Samosir Batak Economy: 13. Reciprocity and spheres of exchange in Batak economy  14. Change and persistence in the worldview of Samosir villagers  Appendixes  Index.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405410214231,"sku":"9780804716666","price":67.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804716666.jpg?v=1730491408","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rice-rupees-and-ritual-9780804716666","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}