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• Texteconomyorang asli...1 more

  Economic dealings with the...

  "Economic dealings with the neighbouring Malay communities were not uncommon during the past few hundred years, especially for the Aboriginal Malay groups. There seemed also to be a certain amount of interaction between the Orang Asli and the other ethnic groups, particularly the Malays who resided along the fringes of the forest."
• Textorang aslisocialization...1 more

  We also realised that Semai women today seem...

  "We also realised that Semai women today seem to be under the men's power and control. The men themselves have assumed that they possess this authority over the women. They see their responsibility to the family in merely making sure that they get enough money for their wives and children. For this reason, some men feel that there is no need for women to attend meetings, since the men of the household will be there."
• orang aslisocialization...1 more

  Thus, one of the saddest outcome...

  "Thus, one of the saddest outcome of this imposition by, and then absorption of, the dominant culture is that Orang Asli women take on a more secondary role in both the Orang Asli community and the wider society at large. Their involvement in the social and political domain becomes increasingly limited and restricted."
• Textbreast-feedingnursing...1 more

  Mandinka mothers and nurslings: Power and reproduction

  Examines breastfeeding as a relationship that is part of the process of dali lo, or socialization to the "Mandinka way".