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Mad dogs, Englishmen, and the errant anthropologistBook 1996 • Raybeck, Douglas
Malays • Asia > Southeast Asia
This book describes the life of Malayan villagers in Wakaf Bharu, a community in the Kelantan state of Malaysia, as observed in 1968-1993. Information about Malayan villagers and their culture is organized in the context of the authors own fieldwork ...The elastic ruleessay 1986 • Raybeck, Douglas
Malays • Asia > Southeast Asia
This document examines the process by which Malayan villagers in Kelantan state label acts and actors deviant. Based on closer analysis of villagers attitudes to selected acts such as cross border contraband trading, prostitution, and gambling, the a...