"This book analyses the processes of social, cultural and economic change in Brunei Darussalam. Drawing on recent studies undertaken by both locally-based scholars and senior researchers from outside the state, the book explores the underlying strengths, characteristics, and uniqueness of Malay...

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Other Authors:	King, Victor T. 1949- (Editor), Druce, Stephen C. (Editor)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Series:	The modern anthropology of Southeast Asia
Subjects:	Brunei / Politics and government / 20th century Brunei / Politics and government / 21st century Brunei / Social conditions / 20th century Brunei / Social conditions / 21st century
Online Access:	BSB01 Volltext
Summary:	"This book analyses the processes of social, cultural and economic change in Brunei Darussalam. Drawing on recent studies undertaken by both locally-based scholars and senior researchers from outside the state, the book explores the underlying strengths, characteristics, and uniqueness of Malay Islamic Monarchy in Brunei Darussalam in a historical context and examines these in an increasingly challenging regional and global environment. It considers events in Brunei's recent history and current socio-cultural transformations, which give expression to the traumatic years of decolonisation in Southeast Asia. A wide range of issues focus on foreign, non-Bruneian narratives of Brunei as against insider or domestic accounts of the sultanate, the status of minority ethnic groups in Brunei and the concept of 'Brunei society', as well as changes in the character and composition of the famous 'water village', Kampong Ayer, as the cultural heartland of Brunei Malay culture and the socio-cultural and economic effects of the resettlement of substantial segments of the population from a 'life on water' to a 'life on land'. A timely and very important study on Brunei Darussalam, the book will be of interest to anthropologists, sociologists, historians, geographers, and area studies specialists in Southeast Asian Studies and Asian Studies."
Item Description:	Includes index
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (viii, 190 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten, Pläne
ISBN:	9780429021794
DOI:	10.4324/9780429021794