Teaching and communicating cross-culturally : a case study / by Bruce Thomas Sidebotham.

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Chapter 1. Introduction

The Minangkabau People -- The Thesis -- The Methodology -- The Sources -- Sources Specifically on the Minangkabau -- Sources on Related Areas.

Chapter 2. Cognitive Processes

Minangkabau Ways of Thinking -- Demonstrated in Language and Literature -- Demonstrated in Attitudes toward Explanation -- Demonstrated in their Epistemology -- Syncretism -- Summary.

Chapter 3. Beliefs and Practices

Introduction -- Adat and Islam in Tension -- Origins -- Development -- Present State -- Islam -- Orthodox Beliefs -- God -- God's Unity -- God's Greatness -- God's Mercy -- Revelation -- Man -- Sin -- Salvation -- Popular Practices -- Accomodating Heterodoxy -- Minangabau Adat -- Centrality -- Formulation -- Matriliny -- Authority -- Propriety -- Summary.

Chapter 4. Social Structures

Introduction -- Political Structures -- Urban Character -- Rural Character -- Village Development -- Village Government -- Village Community -- Family Structures -- Property -- Descent -- Residence -- Authority -- Domestic Group Authority -- Descent Group Authority -- Marriage -- Religious Structures -- Islamic Structures in Minangkabau Society -- Relation of Islamic Structures to the State -- Relation of Islamic Structures to Christianity -- Summary.

Chapter 5. Summary and Conclusion

Introduction -- Points of Contact -- A Changing World -- Spiritual Hunger -- Religious Forms -- Matrilineal Kinship -- Government Structures -- Points of Controversy -- Consensus and Confrontation -- Explanation -- Tensions between Religions -- Points of Style -- Reasoning According to Minangkabau Thought -- Processes -- Gain New Perspective -- Realize the Strengths and Limitations -- Use Appropriate Communicative Forms -- Adjusting to Minangkabau Standards of Propriety -- Attending to One's Public Image -- Adopting a Corporate Perspective -- Conclusion.

Appendices

History and Character of West Sumatran Langauges -- Contrastive Analysis, Minangkabau and English -- Ways of Channeling Messages.

List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables

Map of Sumatra, West Sumatra, and Indonesia -- Map Showing Centers of Minangkabau Population -- Illustration of Village Government Structure -- Illustration of the Matrilineal Kinship System -- Illustration of the Paruik Descent Group -- Illustration of Descent Group Hierarchy -- Illustration of a Typical Adat House -- Table of Popular Perceptions of Muslim Priests (Holy Men) versus Christian Missionaries -- Contrastive Table of English and Minangkabau Consonants -- Table of English and Minangkabau Phonemic Vowels -- Table of Minangkabau Orthography and Variations -- Table of Phonological Processes on Some Borrowed Words.

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