book chapter
Gusii culture: a person-centered perspective
Child care and culture : lessons from Africa [by] Robert A. LeVine … [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron … [et al • Cambridge [england] • Published In 1994 • Pages: 57-91, 312-313
By: LeVine, Robert Alan, LeVine, Sarah, Leiderman, P. Herbert, Brazelton, T. Berry, Dixon, Suzanne, Richman, Amy, Keefer, Constance H., Caron, James, New, Rebecca Staples, Miller, Patrice, Tronick, Edward, Feigal, David, Yaman, Josephine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The first part of this study presents a survey of Gusii ethnography, with emphasis on the period of 1907-1974, then turns to an analysis of the homestead (OMOCHIE) as a domestic model of social order and personal success in the society. Additional information in this section of the document describes avoidance patterns between parents and children, and historical changes that have taken place in Gusii society from early colonial days to 1974. The latter part of this work deals with the communities in the area centered around an administrative and market center to which the author have given the pseudonym 'Morongo'. This section, specifically relevant to 1974, provides data of clanship, neighborhood, religion, socio-economic status, and the learning experiences of children.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Household
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Clans
- Community structure
- Avoidance and taboo
- Congregations
- General sex restrictions
- Transmission of cultural norms
- Transmission of skills
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gusii
- 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
- Eastern 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1907-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Robert A. LeVine … [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron … [et al.]
- For bibliographical references see 6: LeVine [et al.]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93033584
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)