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Keling and Kumang in town: differential effects of urban migration on Iban men and women

Female and male in Borneo : contributions and challenges to gender studies1Published In 1991 • Pages: 489-528

By: Sutlive, Vinson H..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Sutlive's purpose in this paper is threefold: '(1) to summarize the sex role models of men and women in rural areas, that is, roles as they have been stereotyped based upon gender differences; (2) to examine egalitarianism as it has been described for traditional Iban; and (3) to describe and analyze the lives of urbanizing Iban' (p. 489). Much of the material in this article deals with the major changes that have been brought about in Iban culture and society as the result of urban migration. Illustrative of these changes are a series of biographical sketches depicting the effects of urbanization on the lives of several Iban men and women. The final portion of this document is largely concerned with prostitution in which many young Iban women engage in order to make a living in the city.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Life history materials
Urban and rural life
Travel
Status, role, and prestige
Gender status
Illegal entertainment
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 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.
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
1957-1984 (p. 496)
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)
Sibu city, Sarawak, Malaysia
NotesAdditional notes
Vinson H. Sutlive Jr.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 510-511)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
91072229
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ibans (Bornean people)