book chapter
Marriage among the T'u-jen of Kansu (China)
Catholic Mission Press • (58) • Published In 1932 • Pages: HRAF ms: v, 207 [Original: x, 195 , plates]
By: Schram, Louis, Winchell, Jean.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed ethnohistorical study of marriage among the T'ou-jen of Kansu, based on the author's ten years residence among the people. Data are included on the mode of marriage, the process of arranging marriage, the patterns of nuptial rites, interpersonal relationships between affinal relatives, the women's relationship with her family of orientation, the social mechanism to legitimize children and their mothers, and the methods of terminating marriage. The author devotes a chapter to a now outmoded theoretical concern, namely whether or not the 'matriarchate' existed among the T'u-jen in a former period. Throughout the study, Father Schram compares T'u-jen culture with that of Historical Mongolia, the Manchu, the Lolo and the Miao. Suppelmentary notes on the Tungus and Lolo are added on pp. 177-191. This comprehensive study provides the researcher with valuable resources for further research with different theoretical orientations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Marriage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Monguor
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- 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
- Hesung C. Koh ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1915-1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1915-1920
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Xining Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Louis Schram ; translation by Jean H. Winchell
- Translation of: [Le Mariage chez les T'ou-jen du Kan-sou (Chine)]
- Schram did his fieldwork among the Monguor of 'P'ing-fan' subprefecture in Sining (Xining) Prefecture, of western Kansu (now Qinghai) Province. It is not clear what is the contemporary name for 'P'ing-fan.' The name may have changed to 'Ping'an.' Unsure, I have omitted the town name in the place coverage. The study is based largely on ethnographic fieldwork among the Monguor with footnotes referring to comparative material and historical sources on the Mongols, Manchus, Lo-lo P'o of Yunnan, and the Tungus (Evenki) of Siberia and Manchuria. (Notes added by Ian Skoggard; 2004)
- Translated from the French for the Human Relations Area Files by Jean H. Winchell. List of Works Consulted, Alphabetical Index, and Errata are not included
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- ac 32000305
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mongour (Chinese people)