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The economy of respect in a north Indian village
Lambda Alpha journal of man • 17 (1 & 2) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 41-52
By: Lapoint, Elwyn C., Joshi, P. C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article focuses on aspects of village etiquettes in Uttar Pradesh. It describes the criteria by which villagers qualify for respect and the conventional means by which they show respect to others. It demonstrates that respect represents an important modality of social relationships and constitutes a mirror of social values as well.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Etiquette
- Community structure
- Exchange transactions
- Social personality
- Accumulation of wealth
- Status, role, and prestige
- Personality traits
- Ethnopsychology
- Borrowing and lending
- Congregations
- Gift giving
- Ethos
- Visiting and hospitality
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Uttar Pradesh
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- State of Uttar Pradesh, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Elwyn C. Lapoint and P. C. Joshi
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 52)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 77000210
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Uttar Pradesh (India)