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The extensions of an Indian village
Journal of Asian studies • 16 (1) • Published In 1956 • Pages: 5-10
By: Opler, Morris Edward.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article outlines the many ways through which villagers in Senapur, a locality in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, maintained connections with the world beyond the local community. The most important of these included kinship and marriage ties, caste membership, labor exchanges, economic transactions, and political and religious affiliations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Social relationships and groups
- Kin relationships
- Regulation of marriage
- Castes
- Exchange transactions
- Real property
- Traditional history
- Extended families
- Political movements
- Labor supply and employment
- Sacred objects and places
- Priesthood
- Education system
- Prayers and sacrifices
- 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
- 1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1956
- 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
- Morris E. Opler
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 43014717
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Uttar Pradesh (India)