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A study in culture persistence: the Tarahumaras of northwestern Mexico

University MicrofilmsAnn Arbor, MichiganPublished In 1970 • Pages:

By: Champion, Jean René.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study of the Tarahumara Indians is concerned with the persistence of the cultural patterns of the Tarahumara during the past 300 years. Their resistence to change occurred in the face of strong external pressures for acculturation. Champion analyzes and finds inadequate the prevailing anthropological hypotheses concerning the nature of culture change and culture persistence.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Functional and adaptational interpretations
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
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
Irving Rosenthal ; Dubravka Schmalzbauer ; 1970-1971
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1953, 1954
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 Jean René Champion
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Columbia University, 1962
UM 63-6107
Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-566)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tarahumara Indians