Book
Work and play among the aged: interaction, replication and emergence in a Jerusalem setting
Van Gorcum • Assen • Published In 1977 • Pages:
By: Handelman, Don.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study argues that the social setting is a natural unit of social organization which is comprised of dimensions of hierarchy, reciprocity and territoriality. Through focused interaction, these dimensions generate encounters of short duration. Encounters emerge from the organization of the setting, and feed back into it, to replicate and to alter its ongoing structure. Through the analysis of interaction in an Israeli work place for the indigent elderly, four forms of encounter are delineated. The variable appearance of these encounter forms is used to explain the emergence of an alternative, and competing reality of play in the setting. Although they exist through different durations, setting and encounter mutually modify one another; and they demonstrate a pattern of continuous replication and change in microstructural form (back cover).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Proxemics
- Jewelry manufacture
- Ceramic technology
- Labor and leisure
- Labor relations
- Conversation
- Humor
- Social relationships and groups
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Public assistance
- Private welfare agencies
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Israelis
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Social Anthropologist
- 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 ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1960s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950s-1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Jerusalem, Israel
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Don Handelman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-189) and indexes
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77368205
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Israelis