1st Edition
Indonesian Sea Nomads Money, Magic and Fear of the Orang Suku Laut
By Cynthia Chou
Copyright 2003
172 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Orang Suku Laut consider themselves indigenous Malays. Yet their interaction with others who call themselves Malays is characterised on both sides by fear of harmful magic and witchcraft. The nomadic Orang Suku Laut believe that the Qur'an contains elements of black magic, while the settled Malays consider the nomads dangerous, dirty and backward. At the centre of this study, based on... Read more
Acknowledgment Map 1 Money, Magic, and Fear of the Orang Suku Laut 2 The Setting 3 Ranking in Riau 4 Ilmu 5 The Meaning of Things: Constructions of the Orang Laut's Identity 6 Sharing and Helping: Constructions of the Orang Laut's Identity 7 Money: Reconstructing the Meaning of Things 8 Reflections and Challenges Glossary References
Biography
Cynthia Chou is Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
'Finely crafted ... an important and welcome addition to the anthropology of modern Southeast Asia.' - ASEASUK News
'Only a few major works have been published on [the Orang Laut] world since the 1960s, and Chou's thick ethnography makes a welcome contribution.' - Asian Journal of Social Science
