The Semai: a nonviolent people of Malaya.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Senoi (Southeast Asian people)
Notes: Bibliography: p. 109-110.
Table of contents: title: Pronunciation guide -- Introduction -- The people and their country. Population -- Race -- Health -- Land, weather, and tǝrlaid. Topography -- Weather and adaptation to climate -- Semai meteorology -- “Hot rain,” nyamp, and allied phenomena -- Thundersqualls -- Animals and pǝnali’. The response to animals. Housing -- Hunting and trapping -- Fishing -- Keeping animals -- Semai zoology. Taxonomy -- Pǝnali’ -- Nicknames -- Plants and agriculture. Agriculture -- A conjectural history of Semai agriculture -- Economics and daily life. The use of food. Distribution of food -- Preparing and eating food -- Daily cycle. Hupur gǝgǝlap -- Hupur -- Yah -- Duii -- Kǝlem (mǝngǝnt) -- Mǝngǝnt) -- The nonviolent image and punan. Expressing hostility -- Enculturation. Training techniques -- Aggression training -- Ramifications of the nonviolent image. Sex and aggression -- Noninterference -- The problem of authority. Elders -- Headmen -- Public opinion -- Kinship and territorial groups. Kinship. Mai -- Consanguineal kinship -- Marriage -- Territorial groups. Household and homestead -- Band -- Gu -- Disease, death, and medicine. Thinking about disease. Basic concepts -- Nyani’ -- Halaá -- Treatment. Home remedies -- Home visits -- “Sings” -- Death. Before the funeral -- The funeral -- After the funeral -- Underlying attitudes. Skepticism -- Eclecticism -- Practicality -- Dangerous situations : pregnancy, childbirth, and menstruation. Dangerous conditions. Pregnancy -- Childbirth and afterward -- Menstruation -- The nature of Semai precautions -- Present and future. Present -- Future -- Glossary -- Recommended reading.