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Seven fathomsarticle 1975 • Sather, Clifford
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is an interpretive analysis of a popular Sama-Bajau tale, regarding fascination with the hero as evidence of a long-standing political linkage with Malaysian sultans....Keeping the peace in an island worldessay 2004 • Sather, Clifford
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This exploration of the social and cultural mechanisms by which a boat-dwelling Sama-Bajau community maintained internal peace and order emphasizes the community’s longstanding experience of resolving disputes and grievances through publicly spoken w...Kinship and contiguityessay 1976 • Sather, Clifford
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a discussion of how Sama-Bajau household heads establish enduring economic and political relations with other households and groups by drawing on both residence and cognatic ties as complementary principles of social organization. This strate...The Bajau LautBook 1997 • Sather, Clifford
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This book describes the lifeways of a nomadic, boat-dwelling fishing community. The central thesis links the distinct culture and adaptive strategies of these "sea people" not just to the specific resources of the coastal ecosystem and surrounding se...Literary form in Bajau Laut riddlesarticle 1975 • Sather, Clifford
Sama-Bajau • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is an interpretive analysis of the forms and social functions of popular riddles and tales in Sama-Bajau culture. It shows the high regard for wit and verbal adeptness evident in riddles. Together, riddles and tales served as important mechanism...Iban adat and auguryBook 1980 • Benedict Sandin & Sather, Clifford
Iban • Asia > Southeast Asia
This work is divided into two major parts. In the first part of this study the author describes the main elements of traditional Iban ADAT (customary law) as they apply to individuals in their relationship to others, to marriage and family life, econ...