The'house'is at once a physical place and a social unit, and is often also a unit of production
and consumption, a cult group, and even a political faction. Inspired by Levi-Strauss's …

This chapter turns diversity into an asset by approaching Southeast Asian sociality as being
based on the dynamic production of alterities. It refrains to set up a comparative model of …

Animism refers to ontologies or worldviews which assign agency and personhood to human
and non-human beings alike. Recent years have seen a revival of this concept in …

Sue Jennings and her three children spent two years on a fieldwork expedition to the Senoi
Temiar people of Malaysia: Theatre, Ritual and Transformation is a fascinating account of …

This Introduction foreshadows the main themes of this special issue on spiritual landscapes
of Southeast Asia. Throughout Southeast Asia, links exist between spirit beings or potent …

Demonstrates a deep and wide knowledge of Malay culture and society (including its arcane
and secret domains) and an expert practitioner's knowledge not simply of Malay silat but of …

This chapter sheds some light on relationship between body and consciousness by drawing
on ethnographic material from the Chewong, a hunting, gathering and shifting cultivating …

Given the profound and sweeping influence of Christianity in the Philippines, what has
survived from preconquest belief systems in the archipelago to the present? This paper's …

Pakaian Cara Melayu tulisan Siti Zainon Ismail adalah kajian yang bertujuan meneroka,
meneliti, dan menganalisis pakaian di alam Melayu. Pakaian adalah aspek budaya yang …

Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic research on the Menraq of
Malaysia, this fascinating book analyzes and documents the experience of development and …