Stivens's questions about
matriliny and the power and autonomy it is presumed to provide women are particularly compelling in the contexts of enormous change in the Negeri Sembilan setting she has observed and studied for nearly two decades.
The various legislations enacted first in the erstwhile states of Travacore, Cochin and Malabar and later on in the present state of Kerala, which is a union of the earlier princely states, played a great role to revoke the legal framework of
matriliny in the state.
These in turn are reminiscent of Howitt's 'hostility' between patriliny and
matriliny, but as Radcliffe-Brown noted, Heraclitus's paradigmatic example of 'strife' was the robust union of a mortise and tenon joint.
Matriliny may become common as more children trace their descent through their mother.
The Sacred Forest: Gender and
Matriliny in the Laimbwe History (Cameroon), C.
Matriliny and migration: Evolving Minangkaban traditions in Indonesia.
As mulheres com quem a autora havia conversado nas inumeras sessoes preparatorias para o encontro defendiam com vigor praticas tais quais os ritos iniciacao, prevalecentes notadamente na regiao norte do pais, area tradicional de grupos matrilineares, pertencentes ao chamado
matriliny belt da Africa Austral.
'Thus
matriliny, with its associations with the Iawbei or ancestress, and Suidnia or eldest maternal uncle, is central to the Khasi religion.
The book's individual chapters were written over a span of 20 years, between 1987 and 2010; however, the organization of the chapters is thematic rather than chronological, with material grouped in sections on conceptions of gender and gender politics in Mozambique, meanings of female initiation, and implications of
matriliny in Northern Mozambique.
'"Tradition",
matriliny and change among the Minangkabau of Indonesia', Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 132:64-95.