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Sorcery as a phase of Tarahumara economic relations
Man • 42 • Published In 1942 • Pages: 11-15
By: Passin, Herbert.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This brief article discusses the practice of sorcery as an expression of hostility resulting from the evasion by individual Tarahumaras of traditional cultural obligations. Passin presents the theoretical view of sorcery as an expression of aggression, and gives several cases of the tension which results when Tarahumaras evade the ideal pattern of sharing econimic goods by concealing wealth from their neighbors. He further shows how this behavior results in social disapproval, fear of sorcery, and insecurity. These patterns of behavior are extended to other types of interpersonal aggression.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sorcery
- 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
- by Herbert Passin
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf85009438
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tarahumara Indians