book chapter
The Dogon
Presses Universitaires de France • Paris • Published In 1957 • Pages: HRAF ms: 183 [original: xii, 122 ]
By: Palau Martí, Monserrat, Schütze, Freida.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an “African Ethnological Monograph” published under the auspices of the International African Institute in 1957. This monograph compilation is mainly based on the findings of the Dakar-Djibouti Expedition to study the Dogon culture in depth (1931-33). It also involves a wide literature search. This is a general survey with chapters on the environment, nomenclature, physical anthropology, demography, history, language, economy social life, religious and intellectual life, and external influences, and supplies a clear description of the state studies on Dogon culture as a guidance for future research. It also provides an excellent annotated bibliography.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Dogon
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Cheng-ruey Ma ; 1970
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- none
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1921-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mopti Region, Mali
- NotesAdditional notes
- Monserrat Palau Martí
- Translation of: Les Dogon
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Schütze
- Not translated for the Files: the index of authors and the alphabetical subject index
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-170)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 59017052
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Dogons (African people)