Report on the Iban - Volume 41

The Iban or the Sea Dayaks of Sarawak have probably been the best known of the indigenous peoples of Borneo for well over a century. Much has been written about them, but until the results of Dr Freeman's field research were published by the Government of Sarawak and by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1955 there was little information on their methods of agriculture and their social system. The book has become a landmark in the studies of shifting cultivation and of cognatic kinship organization; and the ideas around which it is written have proved over the years to be a continuing and powerful stimulus in the development of kinship theory. The field work on which the account is based was undertaken from 1949 to 1951. Although fundamental changes have taken place in the life of the Iban since the book was first published, it has been decided to republish it substantially unaltered.

List of contents

INTRODUCTION, 1. IBAN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: THB BILEK-FAMIIY, 2. IBAN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: THE LONG-HOUSE COMMUNITY, 3. LAND TENURE, 4. AGRICULTURE, 5. THE ECONOMICS OF AGRICULTURE, 6. IBAN METHODS OF LAND USAGE, GLOSSARY, NOTES ON PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES, APPENDIX: IBAN KINSHIP TERMS, INDEX

About the author

Dr Freeman is Professorial Fellow in Anthropology in the Research School of Pacific Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra.

Summary

The Iban or the Sea Dayaks of Sarawak have probably been the best known of the indigenous peoples of Borneo for well over a century.

Product details

• Authors: Derek Freedman, Freedman Derek
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780367717056
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71705-6
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Borneo, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies