essay

Friendship and kinship: an attempt to relate two anthropological concepts

Compact : selected dimensions of friendship (3)Published In 1975 • Pages: 49-70, 146-162

By: Schwimmer, Eric G..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this source, Schwimmer examines Orokaiva friendship in the context of the Orokaiva system of personal relationships. He identifies four categories of Orokaiva friendship, characterized variously by cooperative alliance, reciprocating partnership, or 'total interdependence,' and shows that each of these categories corresponds to a similar kin-based category of personal relationships.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Friendships
Kin relationships
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Comparative evidence
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Orokaiva
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2004
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Oceania
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Melanesia
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
David Sherwood ; 1984
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1966-1970
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1966-1967, 1970
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Popondetta Sub-District of the Northern District of Papua; Papua New Guinea
NotesAdditional notes
Erik Schwimmer
Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-162)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
76365749
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)