Book
The Mbuti Pygmies: change and adaptation
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers • Orlando, Fla. • Published In 1983 • Pages: [xi], 161
By: Turnbull, Colin M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work discusses some of the major aspects of Mbuti ethnography and the sanctuary furnished them by the Ituri forest. Turnbull describes Mbuti existence under colonialism, and their symbiotic relationship with the Bantu villagers who have wholly different customs, values and cultural adaptations. Turnbull then turns to the years of the war of independence in Zaire, and its effects on the Mbuti world, concluding with a discussion of the cultural changes taking place in Mbuti society following independence.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Hunting and trapping
- Settlement patterns
- External trade
- Social relationships and groups
- Lineages
- Clans
- Status of children
- Adolescence, adulthood, and old age
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mbuti
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- 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 ; 1993
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1973 (p. viii)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- variable, ca. 1876-1973
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Epulu Band, Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Colin M. Turnbull
- Bibliography: p. 159
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82021332
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bambute