Orang Suku Laut of Riau, Indonesia - The Inalienable Gift of Territory

Informationen zum Autor Cynthia Chou is Associate Professor and Head of the Southeast Asian Studies programme at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests focus on centre-periphery relations, indigenous communities and the relationship between movement and identity constructions in the Malay world. Klappentext Cynthia Chou focuses upon the predicaments of the Orang Suku Laut or 'tribe of sea people', an indigenous people of Indonesia, in view of the challenges imposed upon them by the emergence of new borders on their maritime world. Zusammenfassung Cynthia Chou focuses upon the predicaments of the Orang Suku Laut or 'tribe of sea people', an indigenous people of Indonesia, in view of the challenges imposed upon them by the emergence of new borders on their maritime world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Orang Laut: People of the Sea 2. Social Organisation 3. History and Culture Change: The Making of a Marginal Culture 4. The Inalienable Gift of Territory 5. The Fishing Economy 6. Modernisation and Development: The Islamisation Process 7. The Transformation of Orang Laut Territories: The Growth Triangle 8. Conclusion Appendix: Orang Laut Fishing Gear

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• Authors: Cynthia Chou, Cynthia (University of Copenhagen Chou, Chou Cynthia, Cynthia Chou
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2012
• EAN: 9780415626231
• ISBN: 978-0-415-62623-1
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia; The Modern Anthropology of Southeast Asia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General