Book

The sea people of Sulu: a study of social change in the Philippines

Chandler Pub. Co.San Francisco • Published In 1972 • Pages: xi, 104

By: Nimmo, Harry.

Abstract
This study of changes in traditional Sama-Bajau culture compares the boat-dwellers Tawi-Tawi and the house-dwellers of Sibutu, showing substantial variations in social behavior and structural features, such as household composition, preferred marriage type, and religious practices, and in power dynamics within kinship groups, village communities and other social spheres. The author attributes these differences not to increased contact with other cultures, but to the exigencies of adapting to the changing political environment by reconfiguring existing patterns of social behavior.
Subjects
Topography and geology
Settlement patterns
Dwellings
Building interiors and arrangement
Regulation of marriage
Residence
Household
Extended families
Family relationships
Community structure
Inter-community relations
Fishing
Fishing gear
Labor supply and employment
Community heads
General character of religion
Organized ceremonial
Cult of the dead
Prayers and sacrifices
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
culture
Sama-Bajau
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem
Field Date
1965-1967
Coverage Date
1965-1967
Coverage Place
Tawi-Tawi province, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Philippines
Notes
H. Arlo Nimmo
Includes bibliographical references (p. 101)
LCCN
70179034
LCSH
Bajau (Southeast Asian people)
Sulu Archipelago (Philippines)--Social conditions