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Ambivalences in child training by the Semai of peninsular Malaysia and other peoples
Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies • 15 (1) • Published In 2001 • Pages: 89-129
By: Dentan, Robert Knox.
Abstract
In this article, Dentan discusses child-rearing practices in context of the Semai's basic fear of hostile and more powerful outsiders. He also discusses headhunting stories as a metaphor for the same fears.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field Date
- 1962-1963, 1975, 1991-1992
- Coverage Date
- 1962-2000
- Coverage Place
- Perak, Malaysia
- Notes
- Robert K. Dentan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-129)
- LCSH
- Senoi (Southeast Asian people)