Book
The Javanese family: a study of kinship and socialization
Free Press of Glencoe • [new York] • Published In 1961 • Pages:
By: Geertz, Hildred.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Geertz examines in this source the nature of the contributions of the Javanese kinship system (bilateral with the nuclear family as the most important kinship group) to the stability and continuity of Javanese society. Her investigation in the town of Modjokuto includes an examination of the structure of the Javanese kinship system (including kinship terminology, kindred and affinal relatives, household composition, property division at divorce and death, marriage) and the functioning of the Javanese kinship system (including customs at pregnancy and childbirth, infant care and training, social relationships in childhood, adolescence, adulthood, Javanese values and the family). She concludes that "Certain diffuse, general social values provide legitimacy and meaning to familial institutions and serve as normative guides for the daily give-and-take among family members. These same social values may also be important elements in some non-familial institutions, such as the structure of authority and social control within the community." (p. 146) These social values include the Javanese concept of "respect" and "harmonious social appearances."
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- Kindreds and ramages
- Kin relationships
- Household
- Termination of marriage
- Social readjustments to death
- Basis of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Infant care
- Socialization
- Family relationships
- Ethos
- Adolescent activities
- Adulthood
- Regulation of marriage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Javanese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- 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
- Del Childs ; Marlene Martin ; 1982
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1952-1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1952-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Java, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hildred Geertz
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 61009166
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Javanese (Indonesian people)/Kinship
- Ethnology--Java