Book

Inis Beag: isle of Ireland

Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1969 • Pages: 8, 136

By: Messenger, John C. (John Cowan), Spindler, George Dearborn, Spindler, Louise S..

Abstract

This is a detailed ethnographic analysis of the culture and social structure of an isolated Aran Island community, interwoven with historic documentation and prehistoric reconstructions. Contemporary observations are contrasted with nativistic and primitivistic accounts. There is particular focus on interwoven political, social, and religious structures, and their influence omn individual personality development. Processes of cultural change are viewed in the context of their social and ecological settings.

HRAF PubDate

2016

Region

Europe

Sub Region

British Isles

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Cultural Anthropologist-4,5

Analyst

Sarah Bridges; Sigrid Khera; 1973

Coverage Date

1955-1966

Coverage Place

Inisheer, Aran Islands, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland

Notes

by John C. Messenger ; edited with introduction by George and Louise Spindler

Includes bibliogrphical references (p. 132-136)

LCCN

70087858

LCSH

Human geography--Ireland

Inishbeg (Ireland)

Ireland--Social life and customs--20th century