The History and Structure of Gayo Society

THE HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF

GAYO SOCIETY VARIATION AND

CHANGE IN THE HIGHLANDS OF

ACEH

BOWEN, JOHN R,

1984

The research on which this thesis is based was conducted in the Gayo region of Aceh province, Indonesia, between February 1978 and June 1980, and was supported by doctoral dissertation research grants for the Social Science Research Council,, the Fulbright-Says program, and the Rational Science Foundation. I am grateful to the Universitas Sylah Kuala, Darussalam, Aceh, for sponsoring my fieldwork, and to the president of the university. Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Hassan, for his support and
encouragenent.

Buku ini menjelaskan tentang silsilah masyarakat Gayo (Aceh), berdasarkan penelitian Bowen, John R (1984).

"The Gayo appeared to lie on a line of sharp contrast in social structure. Batak societies have been described in terms of their patrilineal clans and lineages and the affinal relations between them (as wife-givers to wife-takers) which provide the framework for control of land, village affiliation, and access to political office"

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