ASIANAM 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Hantu Demon, Spirit Possession
27 Jun 2016
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Power relations that pervades society are accepted by society. Power relations accepted by the people as natural. They don"t try to change the power relations therefore social reproduction. Hegemonic discourse: a communicated message about what is true that naturalizes the power relations. (ex. There are always alternative messages about what is true. When resistance goes underground (b. 3. a. 1) a way to formulate counter-hegemonic discourse and communicate. (b. 3. a. 2) Jim scott: (b. 3. a. 2. a) public transcript: how you are acting in front of a lord. (b. 3. a. 2. b) hidden transcript: how you act when the lord is. Cultural expressions of resistance: malaysia: political conditions of women. De-facto: women can"t unionize and taken this away from them. Men spiritually strong and need to preside over women so they are not haunted by hantu. Counter-hegemonic discourses: accidents aka purposely breaking microscopes or making bad microchips: spirit possession. Is a culturally appropriate way to express resistance.
