Description |
x, 489 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Introduction / Cynthia Chou and Geoffrey Benjamin (p.-6) -- On being tribal in the Malay world / Geoffrey Benjamin (p. 7-76) -- Tribal people on the Southern Thai borders: internal colonialism, minorities and the state / Annette Hamilton (p. 77-96) -- Developing indigenous communities into Sakais: South Thailand and Riau / Nathan Porath (p. 97-118) -- Organizing Orang Asli identity / Colin Nicholas (p. 119-136) -- Traditional alliances: contact between Semais and the Malay state in pre-modern Perak / Juli Edo (p. 137-159) -- Forest people, conservation boundaries, and the problem of "modernity" in Malaysia / Lye Tuck-Po (p. 160-184) -- Engaging the spirits of modernity: the Temiars / Marina Roseman (p. 185-205) -- Against the kingdom of the beast: Semai theology, pre-Aryan religion, and the dynamics of abjection / Robert K. Dentan (p. 206-236) |
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Culture contact and Semai cultural identity / Gerco Kroes (p. 237-253) -- "We people belong in the forest": Chewong re-creations of uniqueness and separateness / Signe Howell (p.254-272) -- Singapore's Orang Seletar, Orang Kallang and Orang Selat: the last settlements / Mariam Ali (p. 273-294) -- Orang Suku Laut identity: the construction of ethnic realities / Lioba Lenhart (p. 293-317) -- Tribality and globalization: the Orang Suku Laut and the "Growth Triangle" in a contested environment / Cynthia Chou and Vivienne Wee (p. 318-363) -- The Orang Petalangan of Riau and the forest environment / Tenas Effendy (p. 364-383) |
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Inter-group relations in North Sumatra / Juara R. Ginting (p. 384-400) -- State policy, peasantization and ethnicity: changes in the Karo area of Langkat in colonial times / Tine G. Ruiter (p. 401-421) -- Visions of the wilderness on Siberut in a comparative Southeast Asian perspective / Reimar Schefold (p. 422-438) -- Defining wildness and wilderness: Minangkabau images and actions on Siberut (West Sumatra) / Gerard A. Persoon (p. 439-456) -- Gender and ethnic identity among the Lahanans of Sarawak / Jennifer Alexander and Paul Alexander |
Summary |
Explores the ways in which the character of tribal societies relate to the Malay kingdoms that have held power in the region for many centuries past, as well as to the modern nation-states of the region. It brings together researchers committed to comparative analysis of the tribal groups living on either side of the Malacca Straits |
Analysis |
Cultural studies (Malaysia) |
Notes |
Maps on lining pages |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Electronic version is available via ISEAS |
Subject |
Malays (Asian people)
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Ethnology -- Southeast Asia.
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Indigenous peoples -- Southeast Asia.
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Tribes -- Southeast Asia.
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Ethnology -- Southeast Asia -- Congresses.
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Tribes -- Southeast Asia -- Congresses.
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SUBJECT |
Asia, Southeastern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008627 -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005646
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Indonesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080061 -- Ethnic relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005646 -- Congresses.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Benjamin, Geoffrey.
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Chou, Cynthia, 1963-
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Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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Conference on Tribal Communities in the Malay World : Historical, Cultural and Social Perspectives (1997 : Singapore)
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LC no. |
2002364312 |
ISBN |
9812301674 |
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9812301666 paperback |
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