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Tarahumara of the Sierra Madre: beer, ecology, and social organization
AHM Pub. Corp. • Arlington Heights, Ill. • Published In 1978 • Pages: viii, 245 , [16] of plates
By: Kennedy, John G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kennedy presents a descriptive ethnography of the Tarahumara of the Sierra Madre region of Chihuahua, Mexico. Kennedy adopts a cultural ecological theoretical perspective in his analysis of the Tarahumara. His subjects are drawn primarily from a GENTILE (pagan Tarahumara) group, but he also presents information on BAUTIZADOS (Christianized Tarahumara) and mestizos. He focuses on the TESQUINO (corn beer) complex in his analysis of Tarahumara social organization. The institution of beer drinking is at the center of all major productive labor, all important social activities, and ritual performances.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Alcoholic beverages
- Rest days and holidays
- Ethnic stratification
- Community structure
- Magical and mental therapy
- Status, role, and prestige
- 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
- Ronald N. Johnson ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1959
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1959
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chihuahua (Sierra Madre region), Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- John G. Kennedy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77086044
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tarahumara Indians