Book

The Lolo of Liang-shan

The Commercial PressShanghai, ChinaPublished In 1947 • Pages:

By: Lin, Yaohua, Pan, Ju Shu.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a general account of the Lolo by a renown Chinese anthropologist. The author describes class organization, economic activities and labor division, marriage and kinship systems, political organization and religious beliefs. A considerable portion of the book is devoted to clan feuds, slave raids, and warfare. The book is based on fieldwork undertaken by the author.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Slavery
Regulation of marriage
Kinship terminology
Clans
Community structure
Inter-community relations
Territorial hierarchy
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Yi
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
Betty Potash; 1960 ; Ian Skoggard; 2010
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1943
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1943
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Liang Shan, Sichuan Province, China
NotesAdditional notes
[by] Yueh-hwa Lin ; translated by Ju Shu Pan
Translation of: Liang-shan Yi jia
The original Chinese text is available in paper and fiche collections but is not indexed for subjects
Translated from the Chinese for the Human Relations Area Files by Ju Shu Pan
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
c 67001358
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Yi (Chinese people)/Ethnology--China