Communication, Social Structure and Development in Rural Malaysia: A Study of Kampung Kuala Bera - Rilegato

Wilder, William

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ISBN 10: 1845204778 ISBN 13: 9781845204778

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1982

Riassunto

This is an important innovative analysis of communication and society in Pahang, West Malaysia, based on fieldwork carried out in Kampung Kuala Bera. Dr Wilder is concerned with communication networks of all kinds as found in a long-established Malay village, including the uses of language, small-scale (kinship and village-based) networks, and higher-level systems (the district and the nation as a whole). Dr Wilder lays particular emphasis on the role of communication in the process of economic development and on administration during a period of rapid and induced social change. His study is prefaced by a detailed historical account of Pahang and a thorough sociological analysis of Kampung Kuala Bera. The ethnography is meticulously detailed; its special contribution includes the first-ever publication of a Malay village genealogy, a systematic account of birth-order names (a major feature of the kinship system), complete figures on marital breakdowns for the whole village population, and an intensive analysis of leadership in its local context. This work will be of value to students of Southeast Asian societies, rural sociology, network studies, economic development, political education and the mass media in third world countries.

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Informazioni sull?autore

William D. Wilder is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Durham.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1982
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1845204778
• ISBN 13: 9781845204778
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 242
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania