Book
Tarascan folk religion: an analysis of economic, social, and religious interactions
Middle American Research Institute, Tulane University • New Orleans • Published In 1952 • Pages: 64
By: Carrasco Pizana, Pedro.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The purpose of this work is to show how changes in the social and economic structure of Mexico in general and the Tarascan area in particular, has affected Tarascan folk religion, including ideas and beliefs about the origin and nature of the world, concepts regarding supernatural and natural elements, primary religious concepts, and distinctive folklore.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Sociocultural trends
- Norms
- Real property
- Literature
- Community structure
- Political movements
- Religious beliefs
- Congregations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tarascans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2024
- 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
- Central 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
- John Beierle ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1945
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700-1945
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central-northern Michoacán, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Pedro Carrasco ; [Robert Wauchope, editor]
- "Preprinted from Publication 17, pages 1-64, Middle American Institute, the Tulane University of Louisiana."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 53009433
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tarasco Indians