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Child and childhood: a conceptual construction
Contributions to Indian sociology • 19 (1) • Published In 1985 • Pages: 115-132
By: Misri, Urvashi.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines Kashmiri Pandit ideas about conception, the fetus, childbirth, and the ritual status of newborns. Pollution and legitimacy also are discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Lineages
- Cosmology
- Theological systems
- Purification and atonement
- Ritual
- Ethnopsychology
- Reproduction
- Status of children
- 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
- 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.
- 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; 2022
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1981-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1981-1982
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Brariangan (Umanagri), Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Urvashi Misri
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 132)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kashmiri (South Asian people)