Subgroup 'names' of the Sakai (Thailand) and the Semang (Malaysia): a literature survey

  • NAGATA SHUICHI
    Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto School of Social Welfare, Tokyo University of Social Welfare

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Abstract

After a long interruption due to the Pacific War and Malayan Emergency, anthropological research on the foraging populations of southern Thailand and northern Malaysia was resumed with renewed vigor by Thai, Malaysian, and international scholars. However, the link between recent findings and those reported by earlier workers in the region is often not made explicit. One difficulty in constructing a clear linkage is the lack of unambiguous identities or ‘names’ of the foraging groups under investigation. The present paper addresses this problem, examining the ‘names’ of the Sakai and Semang subgroups reported in the literature, evaluating the status of their referents, and discussing the reasons why subgroup names have been obscure.<br>

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