Book

Individualism in Skolt Lapp society

Suomen Muinaismuistoyhdistys (Finnish Antiquities Society)HelsinkiPublished In 1962 • Pages: title page, 1-261

By: Pelto, Pertti J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book, based on fifteen months of field work in northeast Finnish Lapland during the period of January 1958 to April 1959, is a comprehensive study of Skolt Saami ethnography, with a focus on the community of Sevettijärvi and its environs. The work contains data on the geography of the region, its cultural history, economic patterns, social structure, childhood socialization processes, social and cultural changes, male-female roles in the society, and individual roles in relations to culturally defined statuses. Four appendices present information on the population census of Sevettijärvi (1958-1959), community reindeer ownership in the community, life histories of two prominent Skolt individuals, and a glossary of terms used throughout the text.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Social personality
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Kinship terminology
Infancy and childhood
Socialization
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Saami
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1996
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Scandinavia
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
John Beierle ; 1994
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
Jan. 1958-April 1959 (p. 5)
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1958-1959
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Skolt Saami, Sevettijärvi region, Finland
NotesAdditional notes
Pertti J. Pelto
Originally published as the author's Ph.D. thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [258]-261)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Sami (European people)