Acknowledgment Map 1 Money, Magic, and Fear of the Orang Suku Laut 2 The Setting 3 Ranking in Riau 4 Ilmu 5 The Meaning of Things: Constructions of the Orang Laut's Identity 6 Sharing and Helping: Constructions of the Orang Laut's Identity 7 Money: Reconstructing the Meaning of Things 8 Reflections and Challenges Glossary References
Cynthia Chou is Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
'Finely crafted ... an important and welcome addition to the
anthropology of modern Southeast Asia.' - ASEASUK News'Chou's book
makes an important contribution to the study of identity of
indigenous peoples in insular Southeast Asia, particularly in the
Malay World, and more so of sea nomads. The frequent use of
excerpts of interviews with Orang Laut and other people in these
maritime communities well illustrates the author's arguments and
make this book very pleasant to read, giving the interviewees a
voice they normally do not have in most (Indonesian) publications.'
- Manon Osseweijer, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian
and Caribbean Studies (KITLV)
'Finely crafted ... an important and welcome addition to the
anthropology of modern Southeast Asia.' - ASEASUK News'Only a few
major works have been published on [the Orang Laut] world since the
1960s, and Chou's thick ethnography makes a welcome contribution.'
- Asian Journal of Social Science
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