essay
Women in West Pakistan
Pakistan: society and culture • New Haven • Published In 1957 • Pages: 154-176
By: Honigmann, John Joseph.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In the first part of this work the author discusses purdah, the system of female seclusion in the home, and shows how it varies in degree according to economic status. Next considered are the different expectations and treatment of women with regard to socialization, education, marriage, labor, and ceremonial life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender status
- General sex restrictions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West Punjabi
- 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.
- 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.
- 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; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1952-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Punjab Province, Pakistan
- NotesAdditional notes
- John J. Honigmann
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-176)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 57002897
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Pakistan
- Pakistan--Social life and customs