Orang Asli Now: The Orang Asli in the Malaysian Political World
Orang Asli Now provides a comprehensive, intimate internal perspective of the Orang Asli Political movement in Malaysia. Roy Davis Linville Jumper rectifies the deficiency of documentation on this minority group with regard to the Malaysian policy shift designed to enhance ethnic pluralism and foster greater political stabilization among the primary ethnic groups: the Malay, the Chinese, and the Indians. This policy has also allowed the Orang Asli to establish a new vibrancy in Malaysia....
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In a sequel to his earlier political history of the small minority tribal people in West Malaysia, Jumper describes the current vibrancy of their political movement for greater self-identity, and explains that it is in no small part due to a new willingness by the Malaysian government to entertain the notion of an Orang Asli polity as part of a broad policy to enhance ethnic pluralism and foster political stability among primary ethnic groups. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
MapsThe Orang Asli in the Malaysian Political WorldvOrang Asli Political DemographicsviPhotographs1Majid Suhut and the author102Ceremonial dance183An assembly of the POASM764Annual General Meeting of POASM1265National Conference on land rights1286Majid Suhut, Paduka Zaleha Ismail, Ikram Jamaluddin136Glossary and AbbreviationsixPrefacexvAcknowledgmentsxvii1Introduction1Part IThe Environmental Setting132Contemporary Orang Asli/Malay Relations153Orang Asli Political Activity Resumes254Islam and Orang Asli/Malay Relations Today295Orang Asli Sensitivity Towards Islam336Islam and the Orang Asli Political Movement37Notes40Part IIThe Anatomy of the Orang Asli Political Movement477The Orang Asli Today498Orang Asli Movement, Infrastructure and Avenues of Participation in the Political Process559UMNO, the Bumi Putra and the Orang Asli6110Orang Asli NGOs6711An Overview of POASM7512Faction Identification Within the Orang Asli Movement79Notes84Part IIIThe Search for Hegemony9113UMNO Discounted9314Secular and Non-Secular Orang Asli NGOs Discounted9915POASM Prevails105Notes111Part IVPOASM in Depth: Four Phases in its Evolution11316POASM's First Phase: Itam Wali Nawan11517POASM's Second Phase: Anthony Williams-Hunt11918POASM's Third Phase: Long Jidin12519The Fourth Phase: Majid Suhut131Notes137Part VFrom a Position of Hegemony to Party Status14120Dynamics of the POASM/JHEOA Relationship14321The Timing of POASM's Anticipated Role in Malaysia's Party System15522POASM Operations in the Field165Notes170Conclusion173Bibliography179Interview Subjects and their Backgrounds187Appendix IPeninsular Malaysia Orang Asli Association (POASM)195Appendix IIBackground Information on the Department of Orang Asli Affairs, Malaysia198Index201
\ Southeast Asian StudiesThe author has a clear eye for the issues at stake in his work.\ \
