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A Study of social attitudes among the Garo
Man in India • 48 (1) • Published In 1968 • Pages: 55-70
By: Goswami, M. C., Majumdar, Dhirendra Narayan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is a compilation of odd topics leftover from the investigators main research. Goswami and Majumdar write about sex, social gradations, grief, anger, dream symbolism, supernatural beings, social control, personality types, and suicide. On the one hand children are taught not to abhor sex, on the other hand, they learn to be ashamed of their genitalia. According to the authors, masturbation and homosexuality are unknown to the Garos, however, see Sinha (1966, document no. 18) for a different account. The Garo, a matrilineal society, do not regard menstrual blood as repugnant. Other observations include i) Garo expression of grief is subdued, ii) they highly value tangible property, iii) there are no clan associated deities, shamans, or other spiritual mediums.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Personality traits
- Personal names
- Status, role, and prestige
- Burial practices and funerals
- Revelation and divination
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Sex
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958-1968
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1958-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Garo Hills Autonomous District, Meghalaya State, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. C. Goswami ; D. N. Majumdar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sa 64000670
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garo (Indic people)