| Description |
xiii, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Ethnographic Context and Fieldwork. Locating Negeri Sembilan. Gender, Age, and Self in the Field: Strategies and Dilemmas in Fieldwork -- 2. Gender, Prestige, and Political Economy in the Nineteenth Century. Prestige, Kinship, and Political Organization. Contrasting Representations of Marriage and Affinal Exchange. The Exchange of Men -- 3. Kinship, Gender, and Sexuality from the Nineteenth Century to the Present. Structural Transformation and Reproduction. A Shotgun Marriage: The Case of Rubiah and Nordin -- 4. Knowledge, Power, and Personal Misfortune. Knowledge and Power. Spirit Possession Observed: The Case of Maimunah. Mak Shamsiah and Her Demons. The Case of Rashid -- 5. The Person and the Body: Reason, Passion, and Shame. The Person and the Body: An Introductory Sketch. Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth. The Concepts of "Reason," "Passion," and "Shame" Nature, Culture, and Gender Revisited -- 6. Contrasting Representations of Gender |
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Male Perspectives on Gender(ed) Difference and Sameness. Female Perspectives on Gender(ed) Difference and Sameness. Commentary: Practical Representations of Masculinity, Class, and Oppositional Discourses -- 7. Conclusion: Negeri Sembilan in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective. Acehnese, Negeri Sembilan Malays, and the "Arelational" Concept of Masculinity. Transformations on Islamic Themes in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Minangkabau, Negeri Sembilan Malays, Javanese, and Bedouin Compared. Ideology, Experience, and Ambivalence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-394) and index |
| Subject |
Malays (Asian people) -- Kinship -- Malaysia -- Negeri Sembilan.
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Malays (Asian people) -- Malaysia -- Negeri Sembilan -- Social conditions.
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Gender identity -- Malaysia -- Negeri Sembilan.
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Sex role -- Malaysia -- Negeri Sembilan.
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Matrilineal kinship -- Malaysia -- Negeri Sembilan.
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| SUBJECT |
Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015034794 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
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| LC no. |
94045698 |
| ISBN |
0520200691 alkaline paper |
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0520200705 paperback alkaline paper |
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