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Social status, wealth and individual differences among the Yoruba
American anthropologist • 53 • Published In 1951 • Pages: 490-505
By: Bascom, William Russell.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work discusses the manner in which individual differences are viewed among the Yoruba of Ife, and the effect of wealth on the social status of individuals. The author has previously treated the factor of seniority in determining social position (see 4: Bascom, this file) and this article is a similar treatment of other factors. The author describes the different strata of Yoruba society, the social position and etiquette incidental to each, and the characteristics which cause the individual to be assigned to a particular stratum.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Status, role, and prestige
- Accumulation of wealth
- Ethics
- Government regulation
- Social personality
- Dwellings
- Social relationships and groups
- Executive household
- Chief executive
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yoruba
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1937-1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1951
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- William R. Bascom
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 505)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yoruba (African people)