Book
Life in a Mexican village: Tepoztlán restudied
University of Illinois Press • Urbana • Published In 1951 • Pages:
By: Lewis, Oscar.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
As the subtitle indicates, this work reports the results of a restudy of the same community introduced by Redfield (see document No. 1, this collection). The author, as principal investigator, had the aid and cooperation of a team of graduate anthropology students, agronomists, doctors, psychological testers, and government officials. He and his associates spent a total of about one year in the community, at intervals between 1943 and 1948. This study consciously builds on and complements that of Redfield, emphasizing those aspects of the culture not thoroughly explored in the earlier study: land problems, agriculture, wealth, politics, life cycle and interpersonal relations. The 20-year period between studies brought changes in the community, field techniques, research interests, and the opportunities to build on a predecessor's work; the author recognizes these changes in analyzing Redfield's work and that of his own team. This is a very thorough presentation supported by much historical, statistical and psychological data.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Tillage
- Real property
- Accumulation of wealth
- Puberty and initiation
- Political movements
- Inter-community relations
- Household
- Family relationships
- Status, role, and prestige
- Production and supply
- Local officials
- General character of religion
- Congregations
- Ingroup antagonisms
- 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 ; 1964-1965 ; Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1943-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1943-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Oscar Lewis ; with drawings by Alberto Beltrán
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-501)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 51011683
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nahuas--Social life and customs/ Ethnology--Mexico/ Tepoztlán, Mexico/Mexico--Social life and customs