Book
Alternative social structures and ritual relations in the Balkans
Prentice-Hall, Inc. • Englewood Cliffs, N. J. • Published In 1968 • Pages: xv, 110
By: Hammel, Eugene A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hammel examines the institution of godparenthood (KUMSTVO), chiefly through the analysis of information on about 3700 godchildren, the data deriving from 69 genealogies collected in 15 villages scattered through Yugoslavia, with the majority of the cases coming from Serbia. Through this examination Hammel attempts to explain some aspects of social and cultural patterning, as well as with godparenthood as a subsystem of social organization through which social life is conducted. Neither synchronically nor diachronically does the study correspond with the ethnographic reality of Serbia or for that matter any region in Yugoslavia, since it has a broader focus in trying to elucidate the nature of social relationships in the Balkans.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Inheritance
- Social relationships and groups
- Household
- Kinship terminology
- Artificial kin relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Serbs
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- 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.
- 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
- Dubravka Schmalzbauer, Sigrid Khera (1970-1971); revised by John Beierle (1996)
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963, 1965-1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963-1966
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Serbia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Eugene A. Hammel
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-108)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68028875
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Serbs