Social Status and Power in Java

by Leslie H. Palmier

• ISBN13: 9780485196207
• ISBN10: 0485196204
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2021-06-23
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This book is a closely-observed anthropological study of life in two small Javanese towns and, at the same time, it attempts a general analysis on sociological lines of some key characteristics of contemporary Javanese society. In particular, the author's examination of the manner in which a pre-existing authoritarian system is being adapted to republican institutions grounded in democratic ideas helps us to understand many of Indonesia's present-day social and political problems.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 5
Introduction
General Considerations	p. 11
The Problem and the Origin of the Study	p. 21
Method	p. 23
Kinship In South Borough
The Background (H.B.B.)	p. 33
Households	p. 34
Recognition of the Kinship Principle	p. 36
The Kinship System	p. 37
Knowledge ofKin	p. 37
Kinship Grouping	p. 40
Differentiation among Kin	p. 42
Social Relationships between Kin	p. 46
Empirical Data: the InglesCase	p. 48
Indices of Kin Contacts	p. 51
Factors influencing Social Relations with Kin	p. 58
Summary and Conclusions	p. 62
Kinship Organisation Of Italianates In London
The Social Background	p. 67
Kin and Status	p. 69
Selection of Informants	p. 70
Households	p. 71
The Structure of the KinshipSystem	p. 73
Range of Kin Knowledge	p. 73
Social Relations between Kin	p. 83
Factors affecting Kin Relationship	p. 88
Summaryand Conclusions	p. 92
Bibliography	p. 94
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