“Tradition”, Ethnicity, and Change: Kelabit Practices of Name Changing.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
“Tradition”, Ethnicity, and Change: Kelabit Practices of Name Changing. |
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Author :
Matthew H. Amster |
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Abstract:
As we reach the end of the twentieth century, anthropology has come to embrace the fluidity of cultural forms. Ethnographic analyses today are often framed in a manner in which serious consideration is given to the movement of people and ideas through space and change over time. In treating “cultures”, “communities”, and “ethnic groups”,as continually shifting entities,we face new challenges in terms of the range and scope of ethnographic investigation. Along with this heightened focus on spatiality and temporality, increasing attention is being given to the various “identities” by which people experience and articulate their personal and group affinities among them religious, class-based, gendered, ethnic, occupational, political, and national sentiments. These present concerns of anthropology are also marked by a heightened interest in global social forces, transnationalism, the globalization of culture, and understanding how local trends relate to influences coming from a global sphere. As such, anthropologists are grappling with the problem of how to examine ethnicity and group affiliation as ethnic groups become increasingly mobile and deterritorialized.
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| DOI: XXXX |
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How to cite:
Matthew H. Amster. (1999). “Tradition”, Ethnicity, and Change: Kelabit Practices of Name Changing. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LIV (75): 183-200 |
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