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Changing places: relatives and relativism in Java
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute • 8 (2) • Published In 2002 • Pages: 469-491
By: Beatty, Andrew.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article examines the social context of conceptual and moral relativism in a Javanese village. More specifically, it explores links between religious orientation and experiences in an ideologically plural setting. It argues that cultural models of 'changing places' serves to guide a number of Javanese practices such as child-borrowing, gender-switching, language use, and even religious conversion. These models, formed in childhood experience, engender and express a relativism which is highly valued in rural Java.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- Techniques of socialization
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Religious experience
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Religious denominations
- Missions
- Family relationships
- Adoption
- Organized ceremonial
- Social personality
- Child care
- Mutual aid
- Kinship terminology
- Status of children
- Kin relationships
- Social relationships and groups
- Gender roles and issues
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1993-1997
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-2002
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Java, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Andrew Beatty
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-491)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95660943
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Javanese (Indonesian people)