[sangkancil] COAC New Book (1): THE ORANG HULU: A Report on Malaysian Or

[M G G Pillai <pillai@mgg.pc.my>]

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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 18:06:28 +0800
From: Elizabeth Wong <eliwong@lobbyist.com>
To: "\"Colin Nicholas\" <\"Colin\"" <coac@tm.net.my>
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Subject: [malaysian-writers] COAC New Book (1): THE ORANG HULU: A Report on
    Malaysian Orang Asli in the 1960s

(Apologies for cross-postings)

New Book from Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC) (#1)
Released October 2001

THE ORANG HULU:
A Report on Malaysian Orang Asli in the 1960s

by NARIFUMI MAEDA TACHIMOTO
edited by A. Baer





104 + xiv pp., 29 plates, 7 maps
15cm x 22.5cm
soft cover
ISBN 983-40042-1-4

Chapters:
·       Orang Asli in Malaya
·       Settlements of the Orang Hulu
·       Contexts of the Orang Hulu's Situation
·       Subsistence within the Moral Order
·       Economic Activities of the Technical Order
·       Accumulation of Wealth
·       Household and Kinship
·       Integration and Conflict in and among Hamlets
·       Subordinate Relations with the Outside World

The Orang Hulu of Johor, sometimes referred to as Jakun, are a
major ethnic group of the Orang Asli ("original people") of
Peninsular Malaysia. Despite their demographic strength, this is
the first book that focuses on this people.

As an historical report, the book offers an ethnographic
description of the Orang Hulu as they existed in the 1960s. It
describes the mediated type of social and economic change
occurring among the Orang Hulu then when they had already become
obliged to work for cash incomes. The author also presents a
further look at the process of adaptation to a cash economy in
terms of moral versus technical exchanges in the Orang Hulu life
context. He also describes the structure of subordination among
the Orang Hulu and discusses hamlet cohesiveness, in comparison
with that of the Malay.

This volume ably introduces the indigenous Orang Hulu to a broad
audience. Just as importantly, the book also serves to provide
the Orang Hulu themselves with a record of one part of their
cultural history.

Prof. Narifumi Maeda Tachimoto is currently Director of the
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan.

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Orders within Malaysia:  RM20.00 (including postage)
Please make cheques payable to COAC SERVICES and mail to:
COAC, P.O. Box 3052, 47590 Subang Jaya

[The book is also currently available at the UM Co-op bookstore,
Skoob Books and Silverfish Books]

Europe and North America: USD 9.00
Price includes surface postage from Malaysia. Add USD 3.00 for airmail
delivery.

Please make cheques payable to A. Baer and post to:

A. Baer
Department of Zoology, Oregon State University
3029 Cordley Hall
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-2914

Asia and other countries: please contact COAC
(Please note that personal cheques in US Dollars or other foreign currencies
sent to COAC directly will incur a USD10.00 bank commission.)

For enquiries, email:  coac@tm.net.my, baera@onid.orst.edu

For the month of October, it might be faster to send your enquiries to COAC
at: colin@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp



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