Book
Caste and communication in a Wolof village
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1974 • Pages:
By: Irvine, Judith T..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The purpose of this community study is ' … to describe a culture in such a way as to integrate the consideration of language and social structure through a focus of interaction' (p. xxxviii). The study consists of primary data on caste stereotypes and the degree to which reality approximates the stereotypes. Particular emphasis is given to stereotypes of speech behavior and the manipulation of speech events by the GRIOTs in their competition for power and influence. The author concludes that the basic premise of the wealth of the nobility and corresponding poverty of the lower castes is undermined by the 'system' i.e. patronage. In addition, there are data on inter- and intra-caste ranking.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Classes
- Community structure
- Territorial hierarchy
- Slavery
- Status, role, and prestige
- Standard of living
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wolof
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- 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
- 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
- Marlene Martin ; Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; 1974
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970-1971
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- village of 'Kir Matar,' Senegal
- NotesAdditional notes
- Judith Temkin Irvine
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Pennsylvania, 1973
- UM 74-14,082
- Includes bibliographical references (p. xix-xxxvi)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)