Looking for Money Capitalism and Modernity in an Orang Asli Village

by Gomes, Alberto, Gomes, Alberto G., Center for Orang Asli Concerns (Subang Jaya, Selangor) Staff

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ISBN-13: 9789834004255
ISBN: 9834004257
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press

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Gomes, Alberto, Gomes, Alberto G., Center for Orang Asli Concerns (Subang Jaya, Selangor) Staff

SUMMARY

"Looking for Money is about the entanglement of an indigenous people, the Semai of Malaysia, with modernity. A key feature of this entanglement is the process of commoditisation that has resulted in what is emically known as 'looking for money' work." "Based on ethnographic research, Alberto Gomes documents and analyses the extent and effects of Semai involvement in commodity production and wage labour."--BOOK JACKET.Gomes, Alberto is the author of 'Looking for Money Capitalism and Modernity in an Orang Asli Village', published 2004 under ISBN 9789834004255 and ISBN 9834004257.

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