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Title: | Intermarriage and reciprocal household exchange practices in a mixed community in Roti, Indonesia | Contributor(s): | Carnegie, Michelle (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | DOI: | 10.1111/taja.12023 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23386 | Abstract: | For several generations, intermarriage has been common between indigenous Rotinese Christians and migrant Muslims and their descendants in the Indonesian village of Oelua on Roti Island. Muslims have engaged with the customary institutions upheld by indigenous Rotinese Christians - namely, those associated with marriage proposals and bridewealth. They have also engaged in reciprocal inter-household exchanges to raise the cash to pay for weddings and bridewealth, as well as for other life cycle events such as funeral feasts and gatherings in the post-funeral mourning period. This article argues that intermarriage and inter-household monetary exchanges are important, among other factors, in promoting low conflict relations between the two groups, primarily because of the regular opportunities generated to interact in both public and private spheres. Marriage preferences in Oelua are changing, however, with young Muslim men preferring to marry women who subscribe to the same religion and similar customs. Muslim attitudes are also changing with respect to their involvement in inter-household reciprocal exchanges, with many wanting to engage in different ways, or not at all. The article discusses what these changing attitudes and practices may mean for maintaining congenial inter-group relations between Christians and Muslims in the future. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 24(1), p. 81-98 | Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1757-6547 1035-8811 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160499 Human Geography not elsewhere classified 160804 Rural Sociology 160101 Anthropology of Development |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 440499 Development studies not elsewhere classified 441003 Rural sociology 440101 Anthropology of development |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280123 Expanding knowledge in human society 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Environmental and Rural Science |
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