Book

The people of Alor: a social-psychological study of an East Indian Island

Univ. of Minnesota Press • Minneapolis • Published In 1944 • Pages:

By: Du Bois, Cora Alice, Kardiner, Abram, Oberholzer, Emil.

Abstract

This is a study of the basic personality structure of the Alorese and of the factors, particularly those concerned with child rearing, which bring about the development of Alorese personality traits. While some ethnographic materials are included particularly in areas concerning food getting, exchange transactions, funerals and mortuary feasts, concepts of disease and relationships to the supernatural, marriage and social relations, these are discussed primarily in relation to problems of personality formation. There is no attempt at a comprehensive coverage of Alorese culture. The monograph is particularly rich in biographical materials. The life histories of eight individuals are given by the author and these are analyzed by Abraham Kardiner, a psychoanalyst. Also included are the results of several different personality and intellegence tests with Rorschach analyses by Emil Oberholzer. The author, an ethnologist, did field work in the area.

HRAF PubDate

2003

Region

Asia

Sub Region

Southeast Asia

Document Type

Book

Evaluation

Ethnologist-5

Analyst

Betty Potash ; 1961

Coverage Date

1938-1939

Coverage Place

Atimelang village, Alor Island, Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Notes

by Cora Du Bois. With analyses by Abram Kardiner and Emil Oberholzer

Includes index

LCCN

a 44002386

LCSH

Alor (Indonesia)