essay
The elastic rule: conformity and deviance in Kelantan village life
Cultural identity in northern peninsular Malaysia • (63) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 55-74
By: Raybeck, Douglas.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 author notes marked disparity between definitions of deviance employed by the state and those which exist at the village level. The document also shows that villagers display considerable reluctance to label fellow villagers as deviant even where there is no ambiguity concerning the deviance of a particular act. These findings suggest the need for taking account of both villagers self-concepts of deviance and processes through they employ such labels.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social personality
- Personality disorders
- Family relationships
- Community structure
- Social control
- Informal in-group justice
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- Legal norms
- Crime
- Offenses against the state
- Property offenses
- Social offenses
- Homosexuality
- Sex and marital offenses
- Trial procedure
- Crime
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 1968-1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1968-1986
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Wakaf Bharu, Kelantan State, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Douglas Raybeck
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83011421
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kelantan--Civilization