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Maternity and its ritual in Bang Chan
Cornell University, Department of Asian Studies, Southeast Asia Program • (51) • Published In 1963 • Pages: ii, vii, 128
By: Hanks, Jane Richardson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of the customs and beliefs surrounding pregnancy and birth among the inhabitants of a small rural community, about 20 miles from Bankok. Special consideration is given to attitudes and acceptance of modern medical methods. Also, differences between Buddhists and Moslems as well as their relationship to each other in particular in matters of pregnancy and birth are discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Diet
- Family relationships
- Sickness
- Magic
- Ethnosociology
- Reproduction
- Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Central Thai
- 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
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sigrid Khera ; 1969
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1953-1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1953-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- village of Bang Chan, near Bangkok, Thailand
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Jane Richardson Hanks
- Includes glossary (p. 113)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 109)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64001974
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Thais