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“Matrilineality” as a book category gathers works that examine societies and stories where descent, inheritance, clan identity, and often residence are traced through the mother’s line. It includes anthropological and historical studies of matrilineal cultures (such as the Minangkabau, Akan, Mosuo, and Navajo), alongside memoirs and novels focused on mother–daughter lineages, intergenerational memory, and the transmission of names, property, and culture. The category clarifies the distinction between matrilineality and matriarchy—maternal descent does not necessarily mean female political rule—while exploring how these systems shape identity, power, gender roles, and community organization. It also embraces comparative and theoretical works in gender studies, law, and sociology that consider marriage patterns, inheritance regimes, and kinship terminology through a maternal lens. Readers can expect both global, cross-cultural scholarship and intimate family narratives that foreground the motherline as the central thread linking past, present, and future.

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