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Culture summaryessay 2002 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a culture summary of the Rungus Dusun of Malaysia....The nature of social groupings among the Rungus Dusun of Sabah, Malaysiabook chapter 1965 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a ethnography of a fairly remote Rungus Dusun village in the Kudat Penninsula of northern Sabah state, Malaysia. The Rungus live in villages of one to three longhouses. Although villages and longhouses are social and political units, Appell a...The Rungus Dusunessay 1978 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a good summary of G.N. Appell's dissertation (Appell 1965, document no. 1). He discusses the domestic family, including the developmental cycle and its jural and ritual status. He also discusses the Rungus kinship terminology, the long-house ...Land tenure and development among the Rungus of Sabah, Malaysiabook chapter 1985 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
In this paper, Appell discusses the impact of modernization on Rungus economy and land tenure. The first part of the article is a review of Rungus social organization and economy. The second part looks at the impact of modernization. Appell discusses...The Rungusessay 1976 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is a more theoretical discussion of Rungus cognatic social system, specifically the jural and ritual systems of the family, long-house, and village. Appell argues that these systems and social groups are based on property relations and not kinsh...Emergent structuralismessay 1988 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is another theoretical treatment of the Rungus data (see Appell 1976, document no. 4). G.N. Appell examines the relationship between social structure and social action. Appell regards social structure as an 'opportunity structure,' because 'with...Individuation of the drives of sex and aggression in the linguistic and behavioral repertoire of the Rungusessay 1991 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
In this article G. N. Appell discusses the relationship between sex and aggression among the Rungus. According to Appell sex and aggression are sharply segregated. Rape is rare, almost non-existent. There are strict prohibitions against sex outside o...The ecological and social consequences of conversation to Christianity among the Rungus Dusun of Sabah, Malaysiaessay 1997 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
In this article G.N. Appell examines the influence of Christianity on Rungus ecology. Have Christian notions about man's domain over nature affected how the Rungus treat their environment? Appell argues that Christianity has had an indirect effect by...The Dusun languages of northern Borneoarticle 1968 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
In this article G. N. Appell reviews the literature on Dusun languages and dialects. The problem is where does one draw the line between dialects, languages, and ethnic groups? For example, one researcher identified one 'Rungus' dialect group occupyi...Residence and ties of kinship in cognatic societyarticle 1966 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
G. N. Appell examines the relationship between the Rungus domestic developmental cycle and residence. Uxorilocal residence is usually the first choice for newlyweds. A couple may move to the husband's village after the birth of several children, crea...Observational procedures for identifying kindredsarticle 1967 • Appell, George N.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
In this article G. N. Appell makes the case that the Rungus form a cognatic society without kindreds. They do not recognize any specific subset of cognates, which could be construed as kindred. Rather the field of cognates comprises a collectivity fr...To converse with the Godsessay 1993 • Appell, George N. & Appell, Laura W. R.
Rungus Dusun • Asia > Southeast Asia
This article is on female spirit mediums, the BOBOLIZAN. The Appells argue that the bobolizan are distinct from shamans and other religious types, because their trances are not soul journeys, or forms of spirit possession. Rather they are disassociat...