Malay sketches (Registro nro. 116780)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Swettenham, Frank Athelstane, Sir, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1850-1946 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Malay sketches |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2025-05-09 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Malay Sketches" by Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham is a collection of short stories and cultural observations written in the late 19th century. The work offers detailed vignettes of Malay life, customs, and character, as experienced and recorded by a long-term British colonial resident. Rather than recording historical or political events, the focus is on capturing the daily realities, social habits, beliefs, and personalities of the Malays at a pivotal moment before significant Western change and modernization. The opening of "Malay Sketches" establishes the book’s approach and tone, with a preface clarifying that it is neither a travelogue nor a systematic study, but rather a series of impressionistic sketches drawn from deep immersion among the Malay people. The first chapters describe the Malay character, life in villages, communal activities, traditional games and festivals, superstitions, and remarkable incidents, all presented through vivid anecdotes and narrative episodes. These include encounters with tigers, communal picnics, a murder investigation, village pastimes, ritual "running amok," the unique phenomenon of lâtah (involuntary mimicry and suggestibility), and glimpses into Malay gender roles and relationships. Each section blends personal observation with storytelling, aiming to sympathetically render Malay society as it existed just before sweeping colonial changes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: John Lane, 1903 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Malays (Asian people) |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Malaya -- Social life and customs |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Malay Peninsula -- Social life and customs |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/sketchesmalay00swetrich">https://archive.org/details/sketchesmalay00swetrich</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76055">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76055</a> |
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