Book
The Santal: a tribe in search of a great tradition
Wayne State University Press • Detroit, Mich. • Published In 1965 • Pages:
By: Orans, Martin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of a nativistic movement among the Santal which was led by the educated and industrialized segment of the population. The movement emphasizes the importance of Santal religion as being distinct from Hinduism. A large part of the book is concerned with theoretical problems of nativistic movements in general.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural participation
- Political movements
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Santal
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- 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
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sigrid Khera ; Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; 1969-1971
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920-1958
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- India
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Martin Orans
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-149) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 65012595
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Santal (South Asian people)