Book
Tepoztlan: a Mexican village; a study of folk life
University of Chicago Press • Chicago • Published In 1930 • Pages:
By: Redfield, Robert.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Considered a model and landmark at the time of its publication, this work by a leading American anthropologist at the beginning of his career has since become a standard reference in the field of anthropological community studies. Its scope is the culture of the community and the relation of the individual to this culture, with emphasis on contemporary social change and interaction within the community and between the community and the external world. Much of the information is implicitly organized in its presentation to reflect Redfield's concept of the folk-urban continuum, which was introduced in this volume. The range of subject matter is indicated by the table of contents; most adequate are those chapters treating the material culture, the ceremonial calendar, magic and religion, and popular literature. An extensive critique of this work may be found in 2: Lewis, this file, pages 427-448, which stresses the lack of discussion of economic problems and interpersonal tensions and disagrees with much of Redfield's theoretical orientation. The work is basic to later writings on Tepoztlan, and may be considered the best introduction to the culture of this group.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Organized ceremonial
- Rest days and holidays
- General character of religion
- Verbal arts
- Tillage
- Territorial hierarchy
- Internal trade
- Household
- Production and supply
- Congregations
- Religious and educational structures
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nahua
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- George R. Bedell ; 1964 ; Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1926-1927
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1926-1927
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert Redfield
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239)and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 30015556
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Mexico/ Tepoztl´n, Mexico/Mexico--Social life and customs