The heat of the hearth : the process of kinship in a Malay fishing community / Janet Carsten.

Author/creator Carsten, Janet
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Descriptionix, 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Kinship--Malaysia. --Langkawi Island (Kedah).
Fishing villages--Malaysia. --Langkawi Island (Kedah).
Langkawi Island (Kedah, Malaysia)--Social life and customs.
Malaysia--Social life and customs.
Langkawi, Isla (Kedah)--Vida social y costumbres.

SeriesOxford studies in social and cultural anthropology
Oxford studies in social and cultural anthropology.
Local noteLittle-348266--305131054710U
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-304) and index.
LCCN 96035165
ISBN0198280459 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780198280453 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN0198280467 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN9780198280460 (pbk. : acid-free paper)