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Changing a'chik-mande: need for further research
Hill societies, their modernisation : a study of north east with special reference to Garo Hills • New Delhi • Published In 1995 • Pages: 52-58
By: Kar, Biman.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Kar looks at the changes in women's status; subsistence and settlement patterns, ownership, population density, family organization, debt, trading and religion. According to statistics published in 1987, 60 percent of households were still practicing shifting cultivation, either exclusively or in combination with permanent cultivation. Kar argues against any notion that because Garo society is matrilineal, women have a relatively high status. He points to the male members of her family who make all the decisions regarding marriage and property. As agriculture intensifies and people look for a livelihood outside of farming, settlement patterns have become more permanent. Recognition of individual, nontransferable property rights to orchards and reclaimed terrace fields has also influenced a more dispersed settlement pattern. Opportunity for wage labor outside of the lineage-controlled agricultural sector, has lead to nucleation of families. Traders and their agents extend credit to villagers, putting many of them into debt. Christianity has been a factor in a rising Garo sub-nationalism.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Production and supply
- Gender status
- Household
- Clans
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Economist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1872-1987
- 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
- [Biman Kar]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 58)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95910488
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garo (Indic people)