Book
Rarámuri souls: knowledge and social process in northern Mexico
Smithsonian Institution Press • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1988 • Pages: xi, 237
By: Merrill, William L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
William Merrill '…examines the ways in which a society lacking formal educational institutions produces and transmits its basic knowledge about the world and how the nature of this process affects the distribution of the knowledge within the society' (dust jacket). This book deals with Tarahumara history, philosophy, oratory, and ritual practices with a focus throughout on the concept of the soul. This soul concept is used by the Tarahumara to explain various dimensions of human experience and behavior and to justify much of their ritual action. Merrill analyzes this central component of Tarahumara thought in terms of its relationship to health and death practices and in various other dimensions of everyday life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theory of disease
- Magical and mental therapy
- Cult of the dead
- Animism
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1977-1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chihuahua, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- William L. Merrill
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87062623
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tarahumara Indians