Book
The psychosocial analysis of a Hopi life-history
University of California Press • (1) • Published In 1951 • Pages: 6, 133
By: Aberle, David Friend.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is an attempt “to analyze a single life-history for the light it sheds on the society in which the subject lives” (p. 1). It should be read in conjunction with or after Talayesva (Document 7), since it is an analysis of that material. Unfortunately, but maybe necessarily, it tends to repeat large amounts of data already in the file in Titiev (Document 1) or Talayesva (Document 7). Thus large summary sections are followed by shorter analyses. However for the analysis to be intelligible, it is difficult to see how else this might have been accomplished. The best material here concerns witchcraft and interpersonal relations. Since it is based on primary material, for the most part already in the file, to which the researcher can easily refer, it is a valuable addition to the file in terms of the insights it offers about Hopi society. Aberle that “cooperation, lack of physical coercion, and peaceful behavior” certainly contrast with “witchcraft, suspicion, and hostility” but that both sets are characteristics of Hopi society (p. 124). The set which is emphasized is dependant upon the environmental conditions at the moment. This is a secondary source, no fieldwork was involved.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Infancy and childhood
- Behavior processes and personality
- Socialization
- Culture summary
- Sorcery
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hopi
- 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
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; 1975
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- none
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1899-1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oraibi Pueblo, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- David Aberle
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-133)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians