Book
The Hopi child
D. Appleton-Century Company, Incorporated, for the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, University of Virginia • New York • Published In 1940 • Pages:
By: Dennis, Wayne.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a study of infant and child care, rearing practices, and infant and child behavior and development among the Hopi. Part I of this source focuses on Hopi culture and various aspects of Hopi infancy and childhood. The discussion of Hopi culture focuses on the village of Hotavila and examines the local economy, marriage practices, social organization, ceremonial life and ideals. According to the author, Hotavila is the most conservative of the Hopi communities, is therefore most representative of the traditional Hopi way of life, and thus provides the most appropriate baseline for his study. In the discussion of Hopi infancy and childhood the author examines infant and child care practices, socialization, childhood activities, and marriage and courtship. In Part II the author focuses on infant and child behavior development. This includes discussions of infant reactions to the cradleboard, infant development (particularly the effect of cradleboarding on the development of walking), the behavior of young children, child personality, and the incidence and basis of problem behavior in Hopi children. Part II also includes the edited text of the diary of the author's observational study of child behavior in the village of New Oraibi. The source concludes with a brief summary of the study's findings and their implications for understanding infant and child behavior and development in general.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Division of labor by gender
- Settlement patterns
- Childbirth
- Postnatal care
- Infant care
- Child care
- Childhood activities
- Development and maturation
- Techniques of socialization
- Adolescent activities
- Aggression training
- Life history materials
- Delinquency
- 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.
- Social Scientist
- 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
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1937-1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1937-1938
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New Oraibi, Hotavila, Mishongnovi, and Shungopavi pueblos, Second and Third Mesas, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Wayne Dennis
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-197)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 40007516
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians