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Lineage organisation and social differentiation in Korea
Man • 13 (2) • Published In 1978 • Pages: 272-289
By: Janelli, Roger L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the accomodation of Korean lineages to social stratification in a state society. The Janellis use the Korean case to refute the argument based on studies of African societies that lineages are incompatible with class structure. They also offer the Korean case as an alternative to the way that Chinese lineages segment in order to protect wealth, resulting in asymetrical segmentation. The Janellis argue that Korean lineages segment due to status, not economic, concerns; and then only rarely, because only the court could confer prestige. According to the Janellis, the Korean example proves that internal segmentation is not necessarily an effect of social stratification and economic heterogeneity. They conclude that more specific causal factors for lineage segmentation need to be investigated.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Status, role, and prestige
- Accumulation of wealth
- Household
- Lineages
- Clans
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Korea
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1355-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Republic of Korea
- NotesAdditional notes
- Roger L. Janelli, Dawnhee Yim Janelli
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-289)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 80000548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Koreans