1st Edition
Communication, Social Structure and Development in Rural Malaysia A Study of Kampung Kuala Bera
By William Wilder
Copyright 1982
234 Pages
by
Routledge
242 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is an important innovative analysis of communication and society in Pahang, West Malaysia, based on fieldwork carried out in Kampung Kuala Bera. Dr Wilder is concerned with communication networks of all kinds as found in a long-established Malay village, including the uses of language, small-scale (kinship and village-based) networks, and higher-level systems (the district and the nation as a... Read more
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
Biography
William D. Wilder is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Durham.
