GENDER DALAM KOMUNITAS MASYARAKAT MINANGKABAU; TEORI, PRAKTEK dan RUANG LINGKUP KAJIAN

Minangkabau is one of the largest ethnic groups in Indonesia, which has a matrilineal kinship system. In the matrilinal Minangkabau kinship system, women get a different position when compared with women in patrilineal societies. When carefully scrutinized, matrilineal culture actually contains the values of equality and justice, both in the order of philosophy, structure, and implementation should be. Keywords : Gender, Minangkabau communityCopyright © 2012 by Kafa`ah All right reservedDOI : 10.15548/jk.v2i1.3