Book
Some reflections on the nature of Iban society
Dept. of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University • Canberra, A.c.t. • Published In 1981 • Pages: ix, 69
By: Freeman, Derek.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Freeman describes Iban society as 'classless and egalitarian;' a conclusion confirmed by most others working in the region. In 1980 Jèrôme Rousseau stated that the Iban have a hereditary stratified society similar in many respects to that of the Kayan, another ethnic group in Borneo. Most of this document is Freeman's refutation of Rousseau's claim. In the process Freeman presents data on political and social structure, the traditional society, leadership, warfare, slavery treatment of war captives (e.g., adoption into the tribe), and the BILEK or Iban family.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Territorial hierarchy
- External relations
- Public welfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iban
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1949-51, 1957-58, 1976 (p. 2-3)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Baleh, Ulu Batang Ai, Katibas, and Saribas regions (p. 4-5), Sarawak, Malaysia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Derek Freeman ; with illustrations by Monica Freeman
- Includes index.|Bibliography: p. 64-67
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ibans (Bornean people)