Book
Society and cosmos: Chewong of peninsular Malaysia
Oxford University Press • Singapore • Published In 1984 • Pages:
By: Howell, Signe.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a study of the principles which govern Chewong behavior. To this end the author examines three categories of relationships in Chewong society: interpersonal relationships, relationships between men and women, and relationships between human beings and the supernatural. This is followed by an examination of Chewong concept of consciousness, which includes a detailed discussion of the ruwai, or soul. The author concludes that a principle she calls “separation” – of keeping prescribed things apart – underlies many Chewong ideas and practices.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Semai
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid; 1989
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977-1981
- NotesAdditional notes
- Signe Howell ; foreword by Rodney Needham
- Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 1980.
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84940667
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chewong (Malaysian people)