Book
A share of the harvest: kinship, property, and social history among the Malays of Rembau
University of California Press • Berkeley • Published In 1988 • Pages:
By: Peletz, Michael G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is concerned with kinship, property and social history among farmers living in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Rembau district, the book argues that norms and values keyed to matrilineal descent were far less pervasive in pre-colonial property system and social relations than other observers assumed, and that principles and idioms of siblingship were of comparable if not greater significance in myriad domains of society and culture. It also suggest that many of these later domains were simultaneously structured in accordance with other principles (such as patrifiliation, matrilineal descent, and alliance), some of which were inconsistent with the entailments of siblingship- and with one another as well- in that they enjoined mutually incompatible behaviors. The author argues that the co-occurrence and mutual relevance of such potentially contradictory principles helped determine the direction, scope, and cultural realization of social change both throughout the British colonial period and during the independence era. As a consequence, Rembaus land tenure and inheritance system over the past century have involved realignment and reweighting of various elements of the pre-colonial system, rather than the creation ex nihilo of new principles or constructs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Cultural identity and pride
- Rule of descent
- Kin relationships
- Gender status
- Family relationships
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Property system
- Incorporeal property
- Renting and leasing
- Cereal agriculture
- Special crops
- External relations
- Community heads
- Social relationships and groups
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Status, role, and prestige
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1830-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rembau district, State of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Gates Peletz
- Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1983
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-374) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 88002466
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Malays (Asian people)--Kinship
- Malays (Asian people)--Land tenure
- Clans--Malaysia--Rembau (Negeri Sembilan)
- Inheritance and succession--Malaysia--Rembau (Negeri Sembilan)
- Inheritance and succession (Adat law)
- Rembau (Negeri Sembilan)--Economic conditions
- Rembau (Negeri Sembilan)--Social conditions