Communication, Social Structure and Development in Rural Malaysia - A Study of Kampung Kuala Bera

Informationen zum Autor William D. Wilder is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Durham. Klappentext This is an important innovative analysis of communication and society in Pahang, West Malaysia, based on fieldwork carried out in Kampung Kuala Bera. Zusammenfassung This is an important innovative analysis of communication and society in Pahang, West Malaysia, based on fieldwork carried out in Kampung Kuala Bera. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. HISTORY 6 3. RESIDENCE 33 4. MARRIAGE 51 5. KINSHIP 76 6. SPEAKING 104 7. MASS MEDIA 118 8. EXTERNAL NETWORKS 135 9. ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT 155 10. ASSOCIATIONS 176 11. CONCLUSION NOTES 198 LIST OF WORKS CITED 213 INDEX 223

Summary

This is an important innovative analysis of communication and society in Pahang, West Malaysia, based on fieldwork carried out in Kampung Kuala Bera.

Product details

• Authors: William Wilder, William D. Wilder
• Publisher: Black A&C Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781845204778
• ISBN: 978-1-84520-477-8
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: London School of Economics Mon; London School of Economics Mon; LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories