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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..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Public welfare
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Seminole
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- 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
- article
- 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 ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- 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)
- Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ethel Cutler Freeman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 61)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32029126
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Seminole Indians