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Sex differences in the incidence of susto in two Zapotec pueblos
Ethnology • 7 • Published In 1968 • Pages: 95-105
By: O'Nell, Carl W., Selby, Henry A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study of susto (a folk illness characterized by depression, listlessness, loss of appetite, etc.) is based on the assumption that susto '...represents an important culturally and socially sanctioned avenue of escape for an individual suffering from intra-culturally induced stress' (p. 97). They hypothesize that women face greater stress in meeting sex role expectations and have fewer outlets for adjusting to stress than do men and that women should, therefore, be more prone to susto than men. They present data on sex role ideals and the incidence of susto (measured by informants' self reports) to support their argument.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Theory of disease
- Cultural participation
- Adjustment processes
- Social personality
- Gender status
- Alcoholic beverages
- Personality disorders
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zapotec
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Ethnographer
- 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
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1979-1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- 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)
- San Marcos Tlapazola, Santo Tomas Mazaltepec, Valley and Sierra Zapotec, Oaxaca, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Carl N. O'Nell and Henry A. Selby
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-105)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zapotec Indians