book chapter
This is Kashmir
Cassell & Company Ltd. • London • Published In 1954 • Pages:
By: Gervis, Pearce.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This travelogue account supplemented with historical information centers on the city of Srinagar, but the author also made trips to various villages and cultural sites. It presents fairly detailed information on religious ceremonies, marriage and burial rites, and rites of passage. Kashmiri arts and crafts are discussed at length, and a history is given of the development of literature and painting.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Textile industries
- Paper industry
- Religious and educational structures
- Settlement patterns
- Parks
- Highways and bridges
- Boats
- Art
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kashmiri
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2023
- 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
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- R. H. Ewald; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951-1953
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1335-1953
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kashmir division, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Pearce Gervis
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 54025949
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kashmiri (South Asian people)