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Malay midwives and witches

Social Science & Medicine, 1984
This paper attempts to analyse professional rivalry and dissonance amongst traditional Malay midwives (bidan kampung) in the Northwest areas of Peninsular Malaysia. It elucidates how techniques of symbolic and ritual communication are carefully monitored by these female specialists, to develop regular clientele and professional credibility over time ...
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Malay: A short history

South Pacific Journal of Psychology, 1999
ABSTRACTThis article follows the development of Malay from prehistorical times to the present. After a brief overview of the variety of languages in Southeast Asia and Oceania, the position of Malay within the Austronesian language family is discussed as well as the Malay homeland.
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Malay

2020
Aaron D. Rubin, Lily Kahn
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Malay press and Malay politics: The Hertogh Riots in Singapore

Asia Europe Journal, 2005
During the morning of Monday 11 December rioting began outside the Supreme Court of Singapore, where a largely Moslem crowd had gathered to hear the court’s decision in a case where the custody of a young Dutch girl, Maria Hertogh, was being contested.
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The Metamorphosis of Malay Women in Popular Malay Television Dramas

Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature
 Despite the popularity of Malay television dramas, little attention has been given to how these narratives construct and convey the idealised notion of Malay womanhood. This study investigates five popular Malay television dramas and focuses on the metamorphosis of the main female characters within these narratives.
null Shazna Abu Bakar   +2 more
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Old Malay Legal Digests and Malay Customary Law

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1945
Digests of law collected from all the races of the Malay archipelago fill many printed volumes. In the Malay peninsula they are of three main types. There are digests and tribal sayings that embody the mild indigenous matriarchal law of agricultural clans, the 'adat perpateh or Law of Prime Ministers, found among the Minangkabaus of Sumatra and their ...
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The Malays in Singapore: Political Aspects of the "Malay Problem"

1993
The social, economic, and cultural aspects of the "Malay problem" has received attention at the expense of political issues. There are glaring differences in perspectives on the sources of the Malay problem; however, the debate on the Malay problem has tended to attribute the source of "Malay weakness" to Malay culture or personality. As a consequence,
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Past and present practices of the Malay food heritage and culture in Malaysia

Journal of Ethnic Foods, 2017
Mohd Nazri Abdul Raji   +2 more
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