essay

Tihingan: a Balinese village

Villages in IndonesiaIthaca, N.y.Published In 1967 • Pages: 21-243, 407-434

By: Geertz, Clifford.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book chapter describes a Balinese village in Indonesia. It provides detailed information on rice farming, organization of within the houshold and neighborhood groups, marriage rules, village leadership and religious practice as observed in 1957-1958.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Community structure
Cultural identity and pride
Community councils
Community heads
Cereal agriculture
Water supply
Preventive medicine
Sodalities
Priesthood
Congregations
Public works
Ethnosociology
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Balinese
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
essay
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; 2008
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1957-1958
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1957-1958
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Bali, Indonesia
NotesAdditional notes
Clifford Geertz
Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-434)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
66020014
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Balinese (Indonesian people)