Book
Sex, death, and hierarchy in a Chinese city: an anthropological account
Columbia University Press • New York • Published In 1993 • Pages:
By: Jankowiak, William R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is about the behavior of urban dwellers in the capital city of Huhhot. According to Jankowiak, Huhhot urban culture is shared between Han and Mongols. Therefore he does not distinguish between the two, although in an early chapter he discusses ethnic relations. Much of his information is garnered from particpant observation and informal interviews. It is an example of thick description at its best and conveys a rich and personal cultural behavior. Some of the behavior Jankowiak looks at are public quarrels and how they are mediated, sexual relationships, familial relationships, and funeral rites.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Inner Mongolia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1981-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1981-1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Huhhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
- NotesAdditional notes
- William R. Jankowiak
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-340) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92023945
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mongolia/Mongols China Hu-ho-hao-t'e shih/Hohhot (China) Ethnic relations