Bringing together over thirty years of detailed ethnographic
research on the Menraq of Malaysia, this fascinating book analyzes
and documents the experience of development and modernization in
tribal communities.
Descendents of hunter-gatherers who have inhabited Southeast
Asia for about 40,000 years, the Menraq (also known as Semang or
Negritos) were nomadic foragers until they were resettled in a
Malaysian government-mandated settlement in 1972. Modernity and
Malaysia begins with the 'Jeli Incident' in which several Menraq
were alleged to have killed three Malays, members of the dominant
ethnic group in the country. Alberto Gomes links this
uncharacteristic violence to Menraq experiences of Malaysian-style
modernity that have left them displaced, depressed, discontented,
and disillusioned. Tracing the transformation of the lives of
Menraq resulting from resettlement, development, and various
'civilizing projects', this book examines how the encounter with
modernity has led the subsistence-oriented, relatively autonomous
Menraq into a life of dependence on the state and the market.
Challenging conventional social scientific understanding of
concepts such as modernity and marginalization, and providing
empirical material for comparison with the experience of modernity
for indigenous peoples around the world, Modernity and Malaysia is
a valuable resource for students and scholars of anthropology,
development studies and indigenous studies, as well as those with a
more general interest in asian studies.
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