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Some psychological determinants of culture change in an Iroquoian community
Symposium on local diversity in Iroquois culture • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1951 • Pages: 55-76
By: Wallace, Anthony F. C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an analysis of the hypothesis that although cultures may change radically, the 'psychic structure' underlying these cultures, as represented by the psychological characteristics of the individuals in the society, changes very little. Wallace elucidates this theory by reference to four psychological traits exhibited by an Iroquois community (Tuscarora Reservation, New York), namely; the absence of fear of heights, the chronic longing for alcoholic intoxication, the relative lack of what Wallace calls 'anal-reactive character formation,' and the lack of an 'oral' type of personality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Personality traits
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Iroquois
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1996
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- 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.
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1948
- 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)
- Tuscarora ; Tuscarora Reservation, New York State, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Anthony F. C. Wallace
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iroquois Indians