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Vietnamese kinship: structural principles and the socialist transformation in northern Vietnam

Journal of Asian studies48 (4)Published In 1989 • Pages: 741-756

By: Luong, Hy V..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article shows the continuity of gender inequality in the former North Vietnam, despite decades of socialist programs that sought to bring an egalitarian soceity by transforming property relations, male-centered social organization and class divisions.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Life history materials
Economic planning and development
Dwellings
Real property
Inheritance
Division of labor by gender
Gender status
Regulation of marriage
Arranging a marriage
Secondary marriages
Residence
Household
Family relationships
Polygamy
Extended families
Kinship terminology
Kin relationships
Kindreds and ramages
Lineages
Kin groups
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Vietnamese
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
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
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
Teferi A. Adem; 2006
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
1930-1988
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Vietnam
NotesAdditional notes
Hy Van Luong
Includes bibliographical references (p. 754-756)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
43014717
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Vietnamese