Book
Orayvi revisited: social stratification in an “egalitarian” society
School of American Research Press ; Distributed by the University of Washington Press • Santa Fe • Published In 1992 • Pages:
By: Levy, Jerrold E., Pepper, Barbara.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The major aim of this work is to examine social stratification among the Hopi, first by viewing it as a source of internal contradiction in the society, and then by evaluating its role in the disintegration of the village of Oraibi (Orayvi) during the early years of the twentieth century. Levy then proceeds to reexamine Hopi social organization in an attempt to clarify certain aspects of its structure which have caused confusion to ethnologists in the past; "…provide a more comprehensive understanding of the Oyayvi split and its causes, including an integration of Hopi and anthropologists' explanation; and answer some questions arising from generalizations scholars have formulated about the nature of Hopi society and culture, namely that Hopi social organization was unstable and not fully integrated" (p. 155).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sodalities
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Lineages
- Clans
- Community heads
- External relations
- Political parties
- Mythology
- Revelation and divination
- Organized ceremonial
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959-1964, 1966-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1540 A.D. - twentieth century
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hopi pueblos, First, Second, and Third Mesas, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jerrold E. Levy with assistance from Barbara Pepper
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-194) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92000557
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians