| Included Work | Firth, Raymond, 1901-2002. Malay fishermen. |
| Included Work | Firth, Rosemary. Housekeeping among Malay peasants. |
| Included Work | Gullick, J. M. Indigenous political systems of western Malaya. |
| Included Work | Nash, Manning. Culture summary, Malays. |
| Included Work | Peletz, Michael G. Reason and passion. |
| Included Work | Peletz, Michael G. Share of the harvest. |
| Included Work | Raybeck, Douglas. Mad dogs, Englishmen, and the errant anthropologist. |
| Included Work | Raybeck, Douglas. Elastic rule. |
| Included Work | Shaw, G. E. Malay industries. |
| Included Work | Swift, M. G. (Michael Godfrey). Malay peasant society in Jelebu. |
| Included Work | Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James), 1867-1941 Malay literature. Part I, Romance, history poetry. |
| Included Work | Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James), 1867-1941 Malay literature. Part III, Malay proverbs on Malay character. Letter-writing. |
| Included Work | Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James), 1867-1941 Malay history. Part V, Notes on the Negri Sembilan. |
| Included Work | Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James), 1867-1941 Life and customs. Part III, Malay amusements. |
| Included Work | Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James), 1867-1941 Law. Part I, Introductory sketch. |
| Included Work | Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James), 1867-1941 Life and customs. Part I, Incidents of Malay life. |
| Included Work | Winstedt, Richard, 1878-1966. Malays, a cultural history. |
| Included Work | Winstedt, Richard, 1878-1966. Malay literature. Part II, Literature of Malay folk-lore. Beginnings. Fable. Farcical tales. Romance. |
| Included Work | Winstedt, Richard, 1878-1966. Life and customs. Part II, Circumstances of Malay life. |
| Included Work | Winstedt, Richard, 1878-1966. Malay industries. Part I, Arts and crafts. |
| Included Work | Winstedt, Richard, 1878-1966. Malay industries. Part II, Fishing, hunting and trapping. |
| Included Work | Winstedt, Richard, 1878-1966. Malay magician. |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series | eHRAF world cultures
eHRAF World Cultures. Asia. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents |
Malay fishermen, their peasant economy / by Raymond Firth -- Housekeeping among Malay peasants / Rosemary Firth -- Indigenous political systems of western Malaya / J. M. Gullick -- Culture summary, Malays / Manning Nash -- Reason and passion, representations of gender in a Malay society / Michael G. Peletz -- A share of the harvest: kinship, property, and social history among the Malays of Rembau / Michael Gates Peletz -- Mad dogs, Englishmen, and the errant anthropologist: fieldwork in Malaysia ; The elastic rule, conformity and deviance in Kelantan village life / Douglas Raybeck -- Malay industries, rice planting / G. E. Shaw -- Malay peasant society in Jelebu / M. G. Swift -- Malay literature: romance, history, poetry ; Malay literature, Malay proverbs on Malay character. Letter-writing ; History, notes on the history of the Negri Sembilan ; Life and customs, Malay amusements ; Law, introductory sketch ; Life and customs, the incidents of Malay life / R. J. Wilkinson -- Malay literature, literature of Malay folk-lore, beginnings, fable, farcical tales, romance ; Life and customs, the circumstances of Malay life, the kampong, the house, furniture, dress, food ; Malay industries, arts and crafts ; Malay industries: fishing, hunting and trapping / R. O. Winstedt -- The Malays, a cultural history ; The Malay magician being shaman, Saiva and Sufi / Richard Winstedt. |
| Scope and content |
This collection of 22 documents, all in English, contains cultural, historical and socio-economic information from 1904-1996. Some of the documents were compiled by British government officials who spent most of their career in different parts of Malaysia beginning from early twentieth century. Together, these documents provide the earliest first hand information on Malayan culture and society. Topics covered in these works include history of Malayan culture and society, classic Malay literature, folklores and proverbs, customary law, and daily life and salient features of Malayan custom, arts and entertainment, magic and religious practitioners, traditional architecture, and aspects of material culture. Other themes include economic activities with particular reference to fishing, hunting, trapping, and rice farming. The information from these earlier documents is further enriched by the works of anthropologists Raymond and Rosemary Firth who conducted ethnographic fieldwork among Malayan villagers in Kelantan State 1939-1940. Together, these works provide a thorough description of pre-independence Malayan culture and society, but focusing primarily on economic organization and gender roles. The collection also includes the works of two Ph.D. students who completed their dissertation research in Malaysia under the guidance of Raymond Firth. Swift studied village life in Jelebu district, Negri Sembilan. Gullick describes the dynamics of indigenous Malayan political systems since 1870. The remaining documents in the collection were compiled by two contemporary American anthropologists; Michael Peletz and Douglas Raybeck. Based on fieldwork in the Jelebu district of Negri Sembilan state in 1978-1993, Peletz discusses the effects of colonialism and global market forces on property relations, kinship system and gender issues. Raybeck described the life and cultural values of Malayan villagers near the capital of Kelantan state as observed in 1968-1993. Together, these works provide rich information relating to important socioeconomic changes that have occurred at the family and village levels since the advent of colonialism in 1830. |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was last updated in 2011 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed Nov. 10, 2011). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
