| Description |
xviii, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Series |
South-East Asian social science monographs |
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South-East Asian social science monographs.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. History of the Semporna Bajau Laut: From Sea Nomads to Settled Villagers -- 3. A World of Sea and Islands -- 4. The Fishing Economy -- 5. The House Group -- 6. Clusters, Village Leadership, Enmity, and Reconciliation -- 7. Kinship -- 8. Marriage -- 9. Ritual, Prayer, and the Life Cycle -- 10. Fate, Luck, and the Ancestors -- 11. Conclusion |
| Summary |
The book looks in detail at the processes of change, at the social constitution of the community - the nature of family and marriage relations; house groups and house-group clusters; village leadership, factionalism, and conflict; Islam and village mediums - and at the underlying cultural premises that give coherence to village life, notably the notions of fate, debt, compassion, and ancestry |
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Until 1955 the community described in this book was sea nomadic, its families living entirely in boats. Although comprising only a small minority of the total Bajau-speaking population, sea nomads formed for centuries an integral part of the coastal society of south-eastern Sabah. The Bajau Laut traces the history of a single community from the early nineteenth century to the present, treating in particular a fifteen-year interval of rapid transformation during which time members of the community abandoned sea nomadism and adapted to a coastal market centre as commercial fishermen and labourers |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [344]-354) and index |
| Subject |
Bajau (Southeast Asian people) -- Malaysia -- Sabah.
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| SUBJECT |
Sabah (Malaysia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014030258 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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| LC no. |
96025624 |
| ISBN |
9835600155 |
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