essay
Objects of meditation: myth and praxis
unconscious in culture: the structuralism of Claude LTvi Strauss • New York • Published In 1974 • Pages: 209-237
By: Schwimmer, Eric G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a short article in which the author discusses the role of coconut, areca, and taro in Orokaiva society. These 'objects,' according to Schwimmer, are 'total phenomena' in Orokaiva society, and the significance can only be understood by considering them in their full mythological, ritual, and social context. He illustrates this point by a brief and somewhat obscure analysis of these three crops as they are represented in Orokaiva mythology and exchange networks.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Literary texts
- Ethnobotany
- Social relationships and groups
- Diet
- Gift giving
- 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
- By Erik Schwimmer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-237)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73014947
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Orokaiva (Papua New Guinea people)