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Surviving marriage and marriage as survival in Chipewyan society: perspectives from northern hunters

Till death do us part : a multicultural anthology on marriage14Published In 1999 • Pages: 105-122

By: Jarvenpa, Robert.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The major focus of this paper is on the institution of marriage which "…serves as a fundamental form of economic and social insurance for couples and their offspring and, indeed, for wider networks of relatives linked by the union" (p. 106). Jarvenpa suggests that the marriage bond with its concomitant establishment of new kinship relations may be one means in which the Patuanak Chipewyans cope with both social and material sources of stress and social conflict in the community.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
External trade
Retail marketing
Basis of marriage
Nuptials
Extended families
Adoption
Kinship terminology
Kindreds and ramages
Community structure
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Chipewyans
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Sociocultural 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.
4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 1999
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1971-1992
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
late eighteenth century - early 1980s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Patuanak Chepewyans, Upper Churchill River area, Saskatchewan, Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Robert Jarvenpa
Includes bibliographical references (p.120-122)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
99026127
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Chipewyan Indians