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Culture summary: Ainu
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 2009 • Pages:
By: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a culture summary of the Ainu. Information is presented on major aspects of Ainu culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ainu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. Marlene Martin; 2006
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1400-1941
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kurile Ainu, HokkaidŌ Ainu, Sakhalin Ainu, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
- This culture summary is based on the article, 'Ainu,' by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Oceania, Vol. 5. pp. 7-10, 1993, Paul Hockings, Ed. New York: G. K. Hall & Co. The original article was revised by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney in February, 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ainu