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- catalog abstract "Until 1955 the community described in this book was sea nomadic, its families living entirely in boats. Although comprising only a small minority of the total Bajau-speaking population, sea nomads formed for centuries an integral part of the coastal society of south-eastern Sabah. The Bajau Laut traces the history of a single community from the early nineteenth century to the present, treating in particular a fifteen-year interval of rapid transformation during which time members of the community abandoned sea nomadism and adapted to a coastal market centre as commercial fishermen and labourers. The book looks in detail at the processes of change, at the social constitution of the community - the nature of family and marriage relations; house groups and house-group clusters; village leadership, factionalism, and conflict; Islam and village mediums - and at the underlying cultural premises that give coherence to village life, notably the notions of fate, debt, compassion, and ancestry.".
- catalog contributor b10409047.
- catalog coverage "Sabah (Malaysia) Social life and customs.".
- catalog coverage "Sabah Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. History of the Semporna Bajau Laut: From Sea Nomads to Settled Villagers -- 3. A World of Sea and Islands -- 4. The Fishing Economy -- 5. The House Group -- 6. Clusters, Village Leadership, Enmity, and Reconciliation -- 7. Kinship -- 8. Marriage -- 9. Ritual, Prayer, and the Life Cycle -- 10. Fate, Luck, and the Ancestors -- 11. Conclusion".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [344]-354) and index.".
- catalog description "Until 1955 the community described in this book was sea nomadic, its families living entirely in boats. Although comprising only a small minority of the total Bajau-speaking population, sea nomads formed for centuries an integral part of the coastal society of south-eastern Sabah. The Bajau Laut traces the history of a single community from the early nineteenth century to the present, treating in particular a fifteen-year interval of rapid transformation during which time members of the community abandoned sea nomadism and adapted to a coastal market centre as commercial fishermen and labourers. The book looks in detail at the processes of change, at the social constitution of the community - the nature of family and marriage relations; house groups and house-group clusters; village leadership, factionalism, and conflict; Islam and village mediums - and at the underlying cultural premises that give coherence to village life, notably the notions of fate, debt, compassion, and ancestry.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 359 p., [20] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Bajau Laut.".
- catalog identifier "9835600155".
- catalog isFormatOf "Bajau Laut.".
- catalog isPartOf "South-East Asian social science monographs".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Kuala Lumpur ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Bajau Laut.".
- catalog spatial "Malaysia Sabah.".
- catalog spatial "Sabah (Malaysia) Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Sabah Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Sabah.".
- catalog subject "959.5/300495 20".
- catalog subject "Bajau (Southeast Asian people) Malaysia Sabah.".
- catalog subject "Bajau (Southeast Asian people) Sabah.".
- catalog subject "DS597.335.B35 S27 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. History of the Semporna Bajau Laut: From Sea Nomads to Settled Villagers -- 3. A World of Sea and Islands -- 4. The Fishing Economy -- 5. The House Group -- 6. Clusters, Village Leadership, Enmity, and Reconciliation -- 7. Kinship -- 8. Marriage -- 9. Ritual, Prayer, and the Life Cycle -- 10. Fate, Luck, and the Ancestors -- 11. Conclusion".
- catalog title "The Bajau Laut : adaptation, history, and fate in a maritime fishing society of south-eastern Sabah / Clifford Sather.".
- catalog type "text".