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Lagging emulation in post-peasant society
American anthropologist • 66 (3) (1) • Published In 1964 • Pages: 569-586
By: Friedl, Ernestine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Influenced by the ideas of Thorstein Veblen and Charles Erasmus, this paper presents a lengthy discussion of the concept of 'lagging emulation' which Friedl believes may be of value for studying change in rural populations emerging from the status of peasantry. This concept involves the process by which '…social groups of lower prestige, upon the acquisition of new wealth or other forms of opportunity, imitate and often successfully acquire what they conceive to be the behavior of those with greater prestige; the emulation 'lags' in that the behavior imitated is that which reached its acme as a prestige symbol for the highter social group at an earlier period in its history, and is now obsolescent' (p. 569). How this concept is applied to contemporary Greek data, particularly in reference to the village of Vasilika, constitutes the major portion of this document.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Cultural participation
- Urban and rural life
- Occupational specialization
- Status, role, and prestige
- Gender status
- Social relationships and groups
- Liberal arts education
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Greeks
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1955-1956, 1959
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- village of Vasilika, Province of Boeotia, Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ernestine Friedl
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 584-586)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece