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Considerations of ‘Keo’ as an ethnographic category
Author(s) -
Forth Gregory
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
oceania
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1834-4461
pISSN - 0029-8077
DOI - 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1994.tb02474.x
Subject(s) - ethnography , history , sociology , genealogy , anthropology
‘Oddly enough, in backward, antiquated Flores there was a district — keo by name — where even now it is allowed for girls to engage in intercourse any man, and the most outstanding among them — outstanding in satisfying men — are in great demand for marriage.’ (Sukarno, in C. Adams 1965: 130)