0 N E<br >The fate of women s land rights:<br >gender， matriliny， and capitalism in<br >Rembau， Negeri Sembilan， Malaysia~<br > MAILA STIVENS<br >ttave Ncgcri 5embilan women lost much (11 tlu ir land to m~ n， <>，<br >;ome observers of v， ()men s condition haw alleged? (Bo ~cru}，<br >1070: 61， Rogers 1980: 140.) These second hand acc~mnt> ol thi~，<br >famous matrilineal society in Malaysia ha

t? ltwlh，d claim~， alxn~t<br >the course of the relationship between women， the ~d~m， ial .talc，<br >and capitalist development. lhis chapter， based ~m th，ldwork m<br >P， cmbau， Negeri Scmbilan， suggc!qs [hal tilt pictur，. ol Incll ;，.aming<br >land at the expense of women is grcall> ovcrsimpliiit d. C)n lh+，<br >contrary， Malay wOillt il in the Mud> villagvs rod<iv h~Hd lhc tillv<~ 1o<br >almost all the anccslral rice land and ~ucharct~， and hall the<br >smallholder rubber land. Over tinlt ， iht rc ha，<， l~ct n a conshlnl<br >tc ndcnc for new lal7d hl the system to end tip in tL nlalc h，lnds， a<br >