Indonesian Sea Nomads
Subtitle: Money, Magic and Fear of the Orang Suku Laut (Routledgecurzon-Iias Asian Studies Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: April 4, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780700717248
Subjects: Anthropology; Indigenous peoples; Ethnopsychology; Bajau (Southeast Asian people); History; Archaeology / Anthropology; History: World; Indonesia; Malaysia; Anthropology - Cultural; Asia - Southeast Asia; History / Southeast Asia; Economic conditions; Ethnic identity; Psychology
First sentence: This book is about the symbolism of money and the profound power it exerts in transforming the Orang Suku Laut's identity in the Riau Archipelago of Indonesia.