Publication Information
Author:
Appell, George N.
Title:
Land tenure and development among the Rungus of Sabah, Malaysia
Published in:
Modernization and the emergence of a landless peasantry : essays on the
integration of peripheries to socioeconomic centers, edited by G. N.
Appell
Published By:
Modernization and the emergence of a landless peasantry : essays on the
integration of peripheries to socioeconomic centers, edited by G. N.
Appell
Williamsburg, Va.: Boswell Printing and Pub. Co., 1985. 110-155
p.
By line:
G. N. Appell
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 2002. Computer File
Culture:
Rungus Dusun (OC13)
Subjects:
Acculturation and culture contact (177);
Economic planning and development (179);
Cultural participation (184);
Real property (423);
Ethnic stratification (563);
Political parties (665);
Religious denominations (795);
Abstract:
In this paper, Appell discusses the impact of modernization on Rungus
economy and land tenure. The first part of the article is a review of Rungus
social organization and economy. The second part looks at the impact of
modernization. Appell discusses ethnic relations and the devaluation of the
Rungus by English government officers, Chinese shopkeepers, and Muslim traders,
who employ the usual epithets: 'dirty,' 'dumb,' and 'lazy.' According to Appell,
the Rungus have not succumbed to this negative stereotyping, but have sought to
take control of their economy and future. They realize the value of education
and send their children off to schools. Conversion to Christianity is seen as
an opportunity to distinguish themselves from the Chinese and Muslims.
Politically they are active in the Dusun-speaking people's Kadazan Cultural
Association. The government's implementation of permanent individual ownership
of the land has resulted in a change from uxorilocal to virilocal residence and
also to the erosion of the corporate nature of the village.
Document Number:
3
Document ID: oc13-003
Document Type:
Component part(s), monograph
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p.
152-155)
Field Date:
1959-1963, 1986
Evaluation:
Ethnologist-4,5
Analyst:
Ian Skoggard ; 2000
Coverage Date:
1950-1986
Coverage Place:
Kudat District,
Sabah, Malaysia
LCSH:
Dusun (Bornean people)
