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Changing patterns of KUMIAI structure in rural Okayama

University of Michigan PressAnn Arbor, Mich.Published In 1953 • Pages: 1-28

By: Titiev, Mischa.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a short article dealing with '...the nature of the changes in kumiai social structure that were known to have been going on for many years' (p. 2). The author compared 10 such neighborhood associations from four villages, Kamoson, Shoson, Kojoson, and Fujitason. He divided them into 'mature' and 'recent' and investigated the differences between the two. He concluded that in terms of structural features, there is little difference between the 'mature' and the 'recent' associations, but there are differences in details (p. 9). Furthermore, there is a trend 'away from reliance on and cooperation with relatives and toward greater ties with non-kin...' (p. 11).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Community structure
Towns
Cooperative organization
Household
Kin relationships
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Okayama
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
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
Book
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.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Marlene Martin ; 1979: John Beierle; 2009
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1951
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
April-Sept. 1951
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Niiike buraku; Shoshon, near Niiike; Kojoson on Kojima Bay; Fujitason on Kojima Bay, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
NotesAdditional notes
Mischa Titiev
Includes bibliographical references
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Japan--Okayama Prefecture