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Two types of cultural response to external pressures among the Florida Seminoles
Anthropological quarterly • 38 (2) • Published In 1965 • Pages: 55-61
By: Freeman, E. C..
Abstract
This article examines the particular factors within a society which explain resistant or permissive responses to external pressures. Using as the basis for this study the thesis that a culture's traditional ideology largely determines its responses and that a tightly structured society with a rigid value system, such as the Mikasukis or Seminole, will resist foreign influences, while a loosely structured society which encourages multiple choice. as represented by the Muscogees or Creeks, will permit infiltration. The major portion of this study examines the ways in which these two societies differ from one another in their acceptance of various elements of acculturation, in conformity to the author's thesis.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Florida, United States
- Notes
- Ethel Cutler Freeman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 61)
- LCCN
- 32029126
- LCSH
- Seminole Indians