Book
Traditions and customs of the Khmer
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven • Published In 1952 • Pages: 281
By: Porée, Guy, Porée-Maspero, Eveline, Botsford, Keith.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is not a complete or exhaustive study, but it gives a broad, objective view of various aspects of Cambodia. The authors discuss Cambodian pre-history and history, religions, legends and beliefs, the major ceremonials and rites, recreation and art forms. Also included are brief descriptions of modern (1938) Cambodia and some French accomplishments in the area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- Traditional history
- Prehistory
- Executive household
- History
- Priesthood
- Classes
- Sacred objects and places
- Ethnic stratification
- External relations
- Organized ceremonial
- Puberty and initiation
- Spirits and gods
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cambodians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Roseanne Mandler ; 1952; Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1100-1938
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Cambodia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Guy Porée and Éveline Maspero
- Translation of: Moeurs et Coutumes des Khmers, Payot, Paris, 1938.
- The original French text is not available in this database
- Translated from the French for Human Relations Area Files by Keith Botsford.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 39019334
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Khmers
- Cambodia--History.