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Adoption in Wogeo, New Guinea

Journal of the Polynesian Society • 44 - 45 • Published In 1935 • Pages: 208-215, 17-38 , plates

By: Hogbin, Herbert Ian.

Abstract
The author attributes the rather common practice of child adoption in Wogeo to a genuine love of children, a desire for old age security, and the preservation of landholding within the family. Aside from the motives and procedure of adoption, he also discusses the attitudes and behaviors of the community, the birth family, the adopting parents and of the child itself.
Subjects
Drives and emotions
Ingroup antagonisms
Family relationships
Adoption
Status and treatment of the aged
culture
Wogeo
HRAF PubDate
2014
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Melanesia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Robert Lee ; 1959
Field Date
1934
Coverage Date
1934
Coverage Place
Vokeo Island, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Notes
By H. Ian Hogbin
Part I (208-215) published in Vol. 44 and Part II (17-38) published in Vol. 45.
LCCN
08012644
LCSH
Vokeo Island (Papua New Guinea)