essay
The Javanese of south central Java
social structure in southeast asia • New York • Published In 1960 • Pages: 88-115, 162-163
By: Koentjaraningrat.
Abstract
This study, written by a native Javanese who is a trained anthropologist, describes the systems of kinship and marriage of South Central java. Good summary descriptions are given of social stratification, the structure of the ndesa (a self-sustaining village community), the life cycle in terms of typical customs, inheritance of property within the family, and kinship behavior and terminology. Notes on differences in sociocultural usages between various subdivisions of the population are provided throughout.
- Subjects
- Classes
- Status, role, and prestige
- Religious denominations
- General character of religion
- Childbirth
- Infant care
- Regulation of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Status and treatment of the aged
- Senescence
- Sociolinguistics
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- culture
- Javanese
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnographer
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- David F. Sherwood ; John Beierle ; 1982
- Field Date
- 1958-1959
- Coverage Place
- villages of Tjelapar and Madjasari, south central Java, Indonesia
- Notes
- R. M. Koentjaraningrat
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSH
- Javanese (Indonesian people)