Resources – Isa Kamari & K Kanagalatha

Related to programme ‘Early Settlements’ with Cultural Medallion Winner Isa Kamari happening on 22 May 2010.

1.   Book
Title: A brief introduction to the Orang Seletar of the Johor coast with special reference to Kampung Simpang Arang / by Ariffin bin Nopiah ; edited by Anthony R. Walker.
Author: Ariffin bin Nopiah
Publisher: [Minden], Pulau Pinang : Social Anthropology Section, School of Comparative Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 1979.
Call No.: RCLOS English 301.209595142 ARI
Availability: Repository Used Book Collection-Reference Closed Access
Last accessed date: 04 May 2010
2.   Book
Title: Singapore’s Orang Seletar, Orang Kallang, and Orang Selat : the last settlements IN Tribal communities in the Malay World : historical, cultural and social perspectives / edited by Geoffrey Benjamin and Cynthia Chou.
Author: Mariam Ali
Publisher: Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002.
Page No.: 273-292
Total no of pgs: 20
Call No.: RSING English 305.8959 TRI
Description: Papers presented originally to a Conference on Tribal Communities in the Malay World : Historical, Cultural and Social Perspectives, Singapore, 24-27 March 1997, organized by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies … [et al.]
Availability: Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Singapore; also availale for loan from several Public Libraries
Last accessed date: 04 May 2010
3.   Book
Title: The Grounded Sea Gypsies: A General Ethnography of the Orang Seletar
Author: Asiah Harun & Suradi Sarmadi
Publisher: 1978
Description: Academic exercise
Availability: Unknown. Possibly available from NUS Central Library or NUS Department of Sociology
Last accessed date: 04 May 2010
4.   Citation
Source: Purba
Title: Gerak kehidupan Orang Seletar
Author: Zainal Abidin Borhan
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur : Persatuan Muzium Malaysia, [1982-
Issue Information: 1996, issue 15
Page No.: 107-114
Total no of pgs: 8
Availability: NUS Central Library
Last accessed date: 04 May 2010
5.   Book
Title: The Orang Laut / Clifford Sather.
Author: Sather, Clifford
Publisher: [S.l] : Academy of Social Sciences (AKASS) in cooperation with Universiti Sains Malaysia, Royal Netherlands Government, 1999.
Call No.: RSEA English 306.08095951 SAT
Description: Section on the Orang Seletar on pp. 14-21. Also has references to other works on the subject.
Availability: Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Southeast Asia; also Woodlands and Jurong Regional Libraries
Last accessed date: 04 May 2010
6.   Book
Title: The sea nomads : a study of the maritime boat people of Southeast Asia / David E. Sopher.
Author: Sopher, David E. (David Edward), 1933-
Publisher: Singapore : National Museum, c1977.
Call No.: RSING English 959 SOP
Description: “Reprinted 1977 with postscript”–T.p. verso.
Availability: Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Singapore
Last accessed date: 04 May 2010
Librarian’s notes: There are a few scattered references to the Orang Seletar in this well-known ethnography on the Orang Laut, particularly on p. 107. However, most of it is cited information and not original work.
7.   Citation
Source: Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia
Title: Remarks on the Sletar and Sabimba tribes
Author: Thomson, J T T
Issue Information: 1847, vol. 1
Page No.: 341-352
Total no of pgs: 14
Call No.: Microfilm NL1889
Last accessed date: 05 May 2010
8.   Citation
Source: Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Title: Some ethnological notes
Author: C Boden Kloss
Issue Information: Sept 1908, iss. 50
Page No.: 73-77
Total no of pgs: 5
Call No.: Microfilm NL1572
Last accessed date: 05 May 2010
9.   Citation
Source: Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
Title: The Orang Laut of Singapore
Author: Ridley, H N
Issue Information: Jan 1900, vol. 33
Page No.: 247-250
Total no of pgs: 4
Call No.: Microfilm NL1571
Last accessed date: 05 May 2010
Resources accessed and provided by Reference Point @ National Library
Singapore. For more, check our catalogue at
http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg or email ref@nlb.gov.sg.

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Resources accessed and provided by ASK! services of the public
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