essay

Attitudes toward food and hunger in Alor

Language, culture, and personality ; essays in memory of Edward SapirMenasha, Wis.Published In 1941 • Pages: 272-281

By: Du Bois, Cora Alice.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a brief functional study mainly concerned with delineating the development of attitudes toward food and hunger from the moment of birth to maturity. A good deal of information is also given on personality development, and child rearing.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Personality development
Ethos
Gift giving
Infancy and childhood
Weaning and food training
Prayers and sacrifices
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Alorese
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2003
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
essay
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
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1961
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1938-1939
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1938-1939
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Atimelang village, Alor Island, Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
NotesAdditional notes
By Cora Du Bois
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
42002294
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Alor (Indonesia)