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The Baba of Melaka : Culture and Identity of a Chinese Peranakan Community in Malaysia

Author :  Tan Chee-Beng

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Country
Malaysia
Publisher
SIRD, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
ISBN 9789672464136
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2021
Bib. Info xxiv, 304p.
Product Weight 550 gms.
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“. . . The fullest and most comprehensive ethnography of the Baba community in Malaysia. . . . The author is a meticulous ethnographer, and provides three chapters of richly detailed information on Baba kinship and marriage practices, ancestor worship, Chinese folk religion and festivals and a variety of Baba social patterns and organizations. . . . This is certainly a necessary and pleasurable reading materials for scholars of Malaysia, and for those interested in ethnicity more generally.” Professor Judith Nagata, Pacific Affairs 62(2), 1989. *** Based on a long-term ethnographic study, the new edition of this book provides a comprehensive description of Baba culture and identity in Melaka, Malaysia. Tan Chee-Beng’s landmark study analyses the term Baba, the development of Baba society, their distribution in Melaka and overt features of identity, the Baba Malay dialect, customs and religion, kinship and social interactions – all of which tie in to changes in Baba identity. By discussing cultural change and ethnic identification of a Chinese Peranakan community in Malaysia, the reader can gain a more complete understanding of this unique minority group within a minority in a rapidly changing Malaysian context.

Content Details

1. Peranakan (Asian people) ? Malaysia ? Melaka ? Social life and custom. 2. Chinese ? Social life and customs. 3. Ethnology ? Malaysia. 4. Melaka (Malaysia) ? Social life and customs.

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