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Stratification, polyandry, and family structure in central Tibet
Journal of anthropological research • 27 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 64-74
By: Goldstein, Melvyn C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, the author examines the variation in marriage patterns based on class and land tenure. The author distinguishes between different classes of aristocratic lords (GERBA) and serfs (MISEY). The latter are further divided into taxpayers (TREBA) and small householder (DüJUNG). The TREBA land rights and tax obligations usually in the form of corvée labor were based on the corporate family unit, whereas for the DüJUNG they were based on the individual. To avoid dividing up the family estate, the TREBA favored polyandry, whereas the DüJUNG married monogamously.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Labor relations
- Serfdom and peonage
- Litigation
- Household
- Polygamy
- Prophets and ascetics
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tibetans
- 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
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965-1967
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1964
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Gyantse District, Tsang Province, Tibet
- NotesAdditional notes
- Melvyn C. Goldstein
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73645054
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tibet (China)--Ethnology