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The Orang Suku Laut of Riau, Indonesia : the inalienable gift of territory / Cynthia Chou.
Penn Museum Library DS632.B24 C57 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chou, Cynthia, 1963-
- Series:
- Modern anthropology of South-East Asia
- The modern anthropology of Southeast Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bajau (Southeast Asian people)--Land tenure--Indonesia--Riau (Province).
- Bajau (Southeast Asian people).
- Land tenure.
- Economic conditions.
- Ethnicity.
- Indonesia--Riau (Province).
- Bajau (Southeast Asian people)--Indonesia--Riau (Province)--Ethnic identity.
- Bajau (Southeast Asian people)--Indonesia--Riau (Province)--Economic conditions.
- Economic development--Indonesia--Riau (Province).
- Economic development.
- Riau (Indonesia : Province)--Ethnic relations.
- Riau (Indonesia : Province).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 175 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Summary:
- When translated, the 'Orang Suku Laut' means a 'tribe of sea people'. The Orang Suku Laut in Riau traverse an archipelago encompassing over 3,200 islands, alongside many other races from Malays to the Javanese. They have been deemed a backward people by the Indonesian government and local Indonesians, and are seen as alien and dangerous. The Orang Laut however see themselves as indigenous people. Recent plans mooted for developing the archipelago - the Growth Triangle - have raised questions about the implications of displacing local inhabitants. This book focuses upon the predicaments of the Orang Suku Laut in view of the challenges imposed upon them by the emergence of new borders created by the newly created Growth Triangle zone on their maritime world.
- Contents:
- Orang Laut : people of the sea
- Social organization
- History and culture change : the making of a marginal culture
- The inalienable gift of territory
- The fishing economy
- Modernization and development : the Islamization process
- The transformation of Orang Laut territories : the growth triangle
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-168) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415297677
- 0415297672
- 9780203644232
- 0203644239
- OCLC:
- 316737045
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