Book
Malay literature: Malay proverbs on Malay character. Letter-writing
Printed by J. E. Wallace at the F. M. S. Govt. Press • (3) • Published In 1925 • Pages: iii, 45
By: Wilkinson, R. J. (Richard James).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper uses Malay proverbs to illustrate the discussion of Malay personality traits and the Malay's outlook on life. The section on letter writing stresses the rigid requirements in style based on the status of the writer as well as that of the recipient. Love letters are treated separately.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Labor and leisure
- Ethnosociology
- Classes
- Brawls, riots, and banditry
- Personality disorders
- Religious experience
- Community structure
- Family relationships
- External relations
- Ethics
- Extramarital sex relations
- Military organization
- Verbal arts
- Occupational specialization
- Public lectures
- Writing
- Etiquette
- Arranging a marriage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Malays
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- B. P. Emerson ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1925
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] R. J. Wilkinson
- The Malay text of the proverbs can be found in category 116, pp. 17-19. Forms for correspondence with Malays by British officials of various ranks may be found on pp. 42-45
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Malays (Asian people)