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Donship in a Mexican-American community in Texas
American anthropologist • 62 • Published In 1960 • Pages: 966-976
By: Romano-V., Octavio Ignacio.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents an inclusive discussion of changing aspects of Chicano social mobility. Its specific focus is on the honorary title of 'Don' and those who are traditionally entitled to it as well as those who are capable of achieving it. Aspects of social status and the various avenues of social mobility are discussed.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Naming
- Status, role, and prestige
- Age stratification
- Social relationships and groups
- Political parties
- Downward mobility
- Gender status
- Ethnosociology
- Talent mobility
- Accumulation of wealth
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Chicanos
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- M. A. Marcus ; Marlene Martin ; 1986
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1957-1960
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Frontera' [probably in Hidalgo County], Texas, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Octavio Ignacio Romano V.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Americans