Communication, Social Structure and Development in Rural Malaysia

A Study of Kampung Kuala Bera
1. Auflage 1982
ISBN: 978-1-84520-477-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology

This is an important innovative analysis of communication and society in Pahang, West Malaysia, based on fieldwork carried out in Kampung Kuala Bera. Dr Wilder is concerned with communication networks of all kinds as found in a long-established Malay village, including the uses of language, small-scale (kinship and village-based) networks, and higher-level systems (the district and the nation as a whole). Dr Wilder lays particular emphasis on the role of communication in the process of economic development and on administration during a period of rapid and induced social change. His study is prefaced by a detailed historical account of Pahang and a thorough sociological analysis of Kampung Kuala Bera. The ethnography is meticulously detailed; its special contribution includes the first-ever publication of a Malay village genealogy, a systematic account of birth-order names (a major feature of the kinship system), complete figures on marital breakdowns for the whole village population, and an intensive analysis of leadership in its local context. This work will be of value to students of Southeast Asian societies, rural sociology, network studies, economic development, political education and the mass media in third world countries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilder, William

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. HISTORY 6 3. RESIDENCE 33 4. MARRIAGE 51 5. KINSHIP 76 6. SPEAKING 104 7. MASS MEDIA 118 8. EXTERNAL NETWORKS 135 9. ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT 155 10. ASSOCIATIONS 176 11. CONCLUSION NOTES 198 LIST OF WORKS CITED 213 INDEX 223

Über Autor(innen)

William D. Wilder is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Durham.