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Javanese villagersBook 1969 • Jay, Robert R.
Javanese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This source describes major kinds of social relationships in Tamansari, a village in the vicinity of Modjokuto. Tamansari is an abangan community, hence the data do not necessarily apply to santri. The author describes the life cycle, the nuclear fam...Religion and politics in rural central JavaBook 1963 • Jay, Robert R.
Javanese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This source is an attempt to trace the history of the political-religious schism in Javanese society usually signified by such terms as santri vs. abangan or orthodox vs. syncretist. The author discusses political history in general and in particular...