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Examining the pattern of relationships within the Malay household, and the creative ways in which cultural ideas are adapted to meet new conditions, this study analyzes the ways in which the Malay cultural heritage and economic conditions in contemporary Singapore shape the form of Malay household and community life.
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A very scholarly, highly detailed sociological analysis of the Malay community in Singapore, which in 1980 numbered 351,508 people and constituted 14.6 of the total population. There is a thorough examination of the Malay kinship and householding systems with chapters devoted to the traditional and changing relationships between husband and wife, parents and children, and to the allocation of Malay economic resources. Important chapters treat the beginnings and development of Malay culture, education, and economic status. Li opposes the popularly held view that Singapore Malays form a predominantly indigenous, rural, and unchanging population. Contrary to this image, their migration history shows that large numbers (in fact a majority) migrated to Singapore only in the 1945-70 period. Although most came originally from rural backgrounds, the vast majority emigrated to Singapore to seek an urban livelihood. The last set of chapters contrasts the pattern of Malay and majority ethnic Chinese patterns of migration and class division, emphasizing economic differentiation and the important question of Malay and Chinese participation in Singapore entrepreneurship. Upper-division undergraduates and above. -W. W. Reinhardt, Randolph-Macon College
