Book
Continuation of tradition in Navajo society
Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica • (3) • Published In 1971 • Pages: xv, 101
By: Chiao, Chien.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is concerned with analyzing the 'planned and systematic activities that an individual is engaged in during his lifetime to further his culture,' focussing on the learning by Navajo of songs and ceremonies as instances of cultural 'tradition' (p. ix). The data are gleaned from fieldwork conducted by means of conventional, straightforward and structured interviewing. Principally the author is concerned with the learning process and relations between persons identified as 'teachers' and 'students' engaged in the transmission of ceremonial lore and procedure.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Production and supply
- Public welfare
- Revelation and divination
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Organized ceremonial
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona and New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Chien Ch'iao
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [95]-97)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74152457
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians