Book
Growing up in Shona society: from birth to marriage
Mambo Press • Gwelo, Rhodesia • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: Gelfand, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed account of the methods of infant and child care, and the socialization processes responsible for producing a stable and well-balanced member of society. Much of the source is devoted to the proverbs, riddles, games, and songs used as a means of transmitting cultural values to children.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Infant care
- Child care
- Techniques of socialization
- Transmission of cultural norms
- Sex training
- Transmission of skills
- Cleanliness training
- Puberty and initiation
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Games
- Athletic sports
- Childhood activities
- Music
- Literary texts
- Avoidance and taboo
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shona
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern 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.
- Physician
- 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; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1977
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1976-1977
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northeastern Zimbabwe
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Michael Gelfand
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81105031
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shona (African people)
- Shona (African people)--Social life and customs
- Children, Shona
- Socialization--Zimbabwe--Case studies