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Taira: an Okinawan village
Six cultures : studies of child rearing • New York • Published In 1963 • Pages: 1-13, 363-539
By: Maretzki, Thomas W., Maretzki, Hatsumi, Whiting, Beatrice Blyth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an ethnographic report of Taira, a northeastern Okinawan village, based on field work conducted by a husband-and-wife team during 1954-55. The document has two parts: (1) a description of adulthood, and (2) a chronological account of child training from pregnancy to preadolescence. Part 1 includes, in addition to a general description of economy, polity, religion, family and kinship, education, and social organization, such special topics as social control, theory of disease, and leisure-time activities, in order to test patterns of succorance, nurturance, self-reliance, achievement, responsibility, obedience, dominance, sociability, and aggression (nine behavioral system hypotheses developed by Whiting and Child). Throughout the text, an attempt is made to compare the situation as it existed before World War II, during the War, and as it was in the mid-1950s. The introduction by Whiting has been included to provide the theoretical orientation and methodology of the document.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fishing
- Tillage
- Dwellings
- Real property
- Daily routine
- Rest days and holidays
- Nuptials
- Community structure
- Social control
- Theory of disease
- Medical therapy
- General character of religion
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Infant care
- Child care
- Childhood activities
- Techniques of socialization
- Weaning and food training
- Cleanliness training
- Independence training
- Elementary education
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Okinawans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- 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
- Hesung C. Koh ; 1965-1967
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- late nineteenth century -1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- village of Taíra, northeastern Okinawa, Ryukkyu Islands, Japan
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Thomas W. Maretzki and Hatsumi Maretski. Introduction by Beatrice B. Whiting
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63008908
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Okinawa