Book

People in the middle: the Rhade of South Viet Nam

Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Mich. • Published In 1962 • Pages:

By: Donoghue, John D., Whitney, Daniel D., Ishino, Iwao.

Abstract
Fieldwork for this study coincided with fierce competition between the North Vietnamese-supported Viet Cong insurgents and the United States-backed Republic of Vietnam to win the support of the Rhade. The principal goal of the study was to assist the joint United States–South Vietnamese effort by providing a comprehensive description of the social organization, administrative structure, kinship system, economic organization, and belief system of the Rhade. The results emphasized the persistence of slash-and-burn cultivation as the mainstay of the Rhade economy, and the centrality of women’s roles in descent reckoning, spouse selection, and property inheritance.
Subjects
Identification
Acculturation and culture contact
Public opinion
Tillage
Cereal agriculture
Dwellings
Real property
Marriage
Clans
Community structure
Community heads
Territorial hierarchy
Public welfare
Wartime adjustments
culture
Rhade
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
Field Date
1961-1962
Coverage Date
1956-1962
Coverage Place
Buôn Kô Sir (Ko-Sier), Đắk Lắk (Darlac), Vietnam
Notes
John D. Donoghue ; Daniel D. Whitney ; Iwao Ishino
Includes bibliographical references (p. 111)
LCSH
Rhade (Vietnamese people)