Iranun and Balangingi : globalization, maritime raiding, and the birth of ethnicity
"Iranun and Balangingi: Globalization, Maritime Raiding and the Birth of Ethnicity explores ethnic, cultural and material changes in the transformative history of oceans and seas, commodities and populations, mariners and ships, and raiders and refugees in Southeast Asia, with particular reference to the Sulu-Mindanao area." "This ethnohistory also offers a range of insights about the process of ethnic self-definition and the meaning and constitution of 'culture' in the modern world system. The broader issues of economic integration and identity formation that underpin this book provide an apt backdrop to the current Muslim contestations and state and ethnic politics in the Philippines. Iranun and Balangingi is a pertinent reminder of how cultures and ethnic identities are embedded in sea-faring lifestyles and political processes that have, in certain aspects, not changed dramatically over the past two centuries."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©2002
Singapore University Press, National University of Singapore, Singapore, ©2002