Central Borneo : ethnic identity and social life in a stratified society / Jérôme Rousseau
1990, 1st edition. Oxford [England] New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #424358
ISBN: 0198277164
Physical description; x, 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-368) and index. Contents; Introduction; I: Orientation: The peoples of Central Borneo; Colonial influence on Central Borneo; II: Ethnicity: Ethnicity; Ethnicity and culture: some definitions and queries; Ethnic categories as taxonomies; Ethnic identity; Changes in ethnic ascription; III: Social Organisation: The -- Social System at the Community Level: The individual, the household, kinship, and marriage; Settlement patterns and groupings; The village economy: Food production and related activities; The economic system; Stratification, inequality, and political structure; General features of the -- stratification system; Political and judicial process; Social inequality; Nomadic hunters-gatherers; IV: Regional Organization: Relations between nomads and swiddeners; Trade; General relations between nomads and swiddeners; Sedentarization; Relations between Central Borneo agriculturalists; -- Headhunting and warfare; Relations with Malays; Conclusion; Appendices: The regions of Central Borneo; Migrations; -- Languages of Central Borneo; References. Subjects; Kayan (Bornean people) Ethnic identity. Kayan (Bornean people) Social life and customs.
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