Book
Scottish crofters: an historical ethnography of a Celtic village
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1990 • Pages: xii, 175
By: Parman, Susan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the crofting community of Geall (a pseudonym), located on the Isle of Lewis in the Scottish Outer Hebrides, with particular emphasis on its social organization and its relationship to the larger British and European society. Parman is also concerned with the construction of culture, particularly the creation of culture that involves historical references (p. 1). As background the author provides a history of the area, then discusses the significance of crofting to the Scottish Highlander. There are brief chapters on the Harris Tweed industry, leadership and social order in the village, kinship and marriage, religion and supernaturalism, and a detailed discussion of the roles played by liquor, religious conversions, and migrations as means of cultural resolution (through withdrawal) in reducing anxiety and frustration in the society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Pastoral activities
- Tillage
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Textile industries
- Land use
- Real property
- Conversation
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Social control
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Missions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Highland Scots
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- British Isles
- 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
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1970-1988 [p. v]
- 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)
- 'Geall,' Isle of Lewis, Scotland
- NotesAdditional notes
- Susan Parman
- Includes index.|Bibliography: p. 167-169
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89015392
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Highlands (Scotland)