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Meanwhile, back home…BEJALAI and its effects on Iban men and women
Female and male in Borneo : contributions and challenges to gender studies • 1 • Published In 1991 • Pages: 295-316
By: Kedit, Peter M. (Peter Mulok).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Iban's custom of BEJALAI -- a journey or expedition undertaken by men with the intent of acquiring material profit or social prestige -- and the effect of such travels on the society left behind. The author discusses various views on BEJALAI, the material rewards of such journeys, its demographic effects, effects on children and women, the community's response, and expected norms of behavior for those undertaking BEJALAI.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Norms
- Alcoholic beverages
- Labor supply and employment
- Travel
- Leisure time activities
- Status, role, and prestige
- Accumulation of wealth
- Family relationships
- Ethnosociology
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- 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.
- 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
- 1968- . (p. 316)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1968- (p. 316)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Batang Ai, Skrang, and Saribas, Sarawak, Malaysia (p. 316)
- NotesAdditional notes
- Peter M. Kedit
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91072229
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ibans (Bornean people)