The Orang Suku Laut of Riau, Indonesia : The inalienable gift of territory

ISBN-13: 9780415626231 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012

Cynthia Chou

Opis

The Orang Suku Laut of Riau have been deemed a backward people by the Indonesian government and local Indonesians, and are seen as alien and dangerous. This book focuses on the predicaments of the Orang in view of the challenges imposed upon them by the emergence of new borders.

O autorze

Cynthia Chou is Associate Professor and Head of the Southeast Asian Studies programme at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests focus on centre-periphery relations, indigenous communities and the relationship between movement and identity constructions in the Malay world.