| Description |
x, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Melayu antecedents -- Emergence of Malayu -- Ethnicization of the Minangkabau -- From Malayu to Aceh -- The Batak Malayu -- The Orang Laut and the Malayu -- The Orang Asli/suku terasing and the Malayu |
| Summary |
"Despite the existence of about a thousand ethnolinguistic groups in Southeast Asia, very few historians of the region have engaged the complex issue of ethnicity. Leaves of the Same Tree takes on this concept and illustrates how historians can use it both as an analytical tool and as a subject of analysis to add further depth to our understanding of Southeast Asian pasts. Following a synthesis of some of the major issues in the complex world of ethnic theory, the author identifies two general principles of particular value for this study: the ideas that ethnic identity is an ongoing process and that the boundaries of a group undergo continual - if at times imperceptible - change based on perceived advantage. The Straits of Melaka for much of the past two millennia offers an ideal testing ground to better understand this process of ethnic foundation." |
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"Leaves of the Same Tree demonstrates how problematizing ethnicity can offer a more nuanced view of ethnic relations in a region that boasts one of the greatest diversities of language and culture in the world. Creative and challenging, this book uncovers many new questions that should revitalize and reorient the historiography of Southeast Asia."--Book jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ethnicity -- Southeast Asia.
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Ethnology -- Southeast Asia.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia, Southeastern -- Commerce http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117031 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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Malacca, Strait of http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080012 -- Commerce http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001412 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| LC no. |
2007044638 |
| ISBN |
9780824831899 hardcover alkaline paper |
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