Changing identities in modern Southeast Asia : [IXth International congress of anthropological and ethnological sciences, Chicago, Ill., August/September 1973

"This is the latest version of the 1956 book which began the modern study of universals, and provides the foundation for many inquiries that followed. The hypotheses are cast at a moderate level of abstraction, and so are likely to survive as a basis for inquiry for many decades to come." Prof. Dr. William Labov General Editor’s Preface Introduction Political Functionaries in Rural Malaysia: Leaders or Middlemen? Rivers’ Tent in Southeast Asia: Problems of Ethnicity, Relative Status, and Empathy in Fieldwork The Administration of the Aboriginal Tribes of Western Malaysia Ethnics and Ethics in Southeast Asia On Knowing Who You Are: Intraethnic Distinctions Among the Akha of Northern Thailand Structure, Function, and Ideology of a Karen Funeral in Northern Thailand Ethnic Outmarriage Rates in Singapore: The Influence of Traditional Sociocultural Organization Vietnamese Women: Their Roles and Their Options Social and Cultural Change of Japanese and Chinese in Thailand Monastic Education, Social Mobility, and Village Structure in Cambodia Yao (Iu Mien) Supernaturalism, Language, and Ethnicity Malay Migration to Kuala Lumpur City: Individual Adaptation to the City Tourism, Culture Change, and Culture Conservation in Bali Matrilineal Societies in Southeast Asia: Examples from Highland Vietnam Some Filipino (Cebuano) Social Values and Attitudes Viewed in Relation to Development (A Cebuano Looks at Utang-Na-Loob and Hiyâ) The Economic Importance of Children in a Javanese Village Problems in Comparison of Kinship Systems in Island Southeast Asia Cultural Anthropology in the Philippines – 1900–1983: Perspectives, Problems, and Prospects Biographical Notes Index of Names Index of Subjects