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Notes on childhood in nonviolent context: the Semai case

Learning non-aggressionNew YorkPublished In 1978 • Pages: 94-143

By: Dentan, Robert Knox.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source focuses on describing the ways in which the Semai enculturate their children to be non-violent. As the author views the problem of enculturation into non-violence, the process begins before the child's birth. Thus, the author examines concepts and practices related to pregnancy, childbirth, and infant and childhood training. In the examination of childhood training the author discusses, among other things, the teaching of fear and caution and the treatment of aggression in children.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Drives and emotions
Personal names
Animism
Religious practices
Ethnopsychology
Ethnosociology
Pregnancy
Childbirth
Infancy and childhood
Socialization
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Semai
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
essay
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
Gerald Reid; 1989
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1962-1963, 1975
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1962-1975
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
West Malaysia
NotesAdditional notes
Robert Knox Dentan
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77011675
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Senoi (Southeast Asian people)