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The place of kinship in Tarahumara social organization
Acta Americana • 1 • Published In 1943 • Pages: 360-383, 471-495
By: Passin, Herbert.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed discussion of Tarahumara kinship terminology, relationships, and integration within the community and tribe. The two sections of the article deal with the formal system and its application in daily experience. Passin presents a thorough description and analysis, emphasizing the dynamic nature of the kinship terminology and relationships, and discussing some of the factors contributing to changes in the system.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tarahumara
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Mexico
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1938
- 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)
- Chihuahua, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Herbert Passin
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tarahumara Indians