%0 Journal Article
%T Bride-Wealth: Is There Respect for Women in Manggarai, Eastern Indonesia?
%A Fransiska Widyawati
%A Yohanes Servatius Lon
%J -
%D 2018
%R https://doi.org/10.22146/jh.v30i3.29216 https://doi.org/10.22146/jh.v30i3.29216
%X This study explores the perspective of women in Manggarai, Flores Island in Indonesia, and the communaltraditional concept of bride-wealth as a symbol of respect for women. This study uses a qualitative approach by interviewing forty women, both married and unmarried. The respondents were asked their opinion regarding their imagination about bride-wealth and its influence on their courtship, engagement, wedding, and married life. The results indicated the presence of a gap between the social imagination of bride-wealth and the womenĄŻs true experience. Most respondents stated how bride-wealth had strained their relationship and become a source of worry. The study therefore argues that bride-wealth as a sign of respect for women in Manggarai is merely a social imagination ingrained into the womenĄŻs expectations. The study also indicates that education has changed the status of women and enables them to be independent
%K bride-wealth
%K women
%K discrimination
%K culture
%K tradition
%U https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jurnal-humaniora/article/view/29216