Cynthia Chou

The Orang Suku Laut of Riau, Indonesia (eBook, PDF)

The inalienable gift of territory

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134430338
• Artikelnr.: 43071218

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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