Book
Empire's children: the people of Tzintzuntzan
Impr. Nuevo Mundo • (6) • Published In 1948 • Pages: v, 297
By: Foster, George M. (George McClelland), Ospina, Gabriel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this classic ethnography of the predominantly mestizo town of Tzintzuntzan and its environs, most of the material is based on fieldwork conducted among mestizo families in the town. However, the authors did visit surrounding Tarascan villages.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Fishing
- Fishing gear
- Food preparation
- Retail marketing
- Rest days and holidays
- Artificial kin relationships
- Districts
- Organized ceremonial
- Missions
- Education system
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2023
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1945-1946
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1945-1946
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northwestern Tzintzuntzan Municipality, Michoacán, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- by George M. Foster assisted by Gabriel Ospina
- "Prepared in cooperation with the United States Department of State as a project of the Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation."
- The analyst only indexed material that was explicitly about the Tarascan people and culture. Otherwise, the material is "zeroed out" as the indexer could not assume any general discussion included indigenous community even though much culture is shared between mestizos and "naturalitos." The reader can use page view to find some context.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-294)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 48046304
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Mexico
- Tarascan Indians
- Tzintzuntzan (Mexico)