essay
Adopting a child
Kiribati: a changing atoll culture • [suva, Fiji] • Published In 1985 • Pages: 39-45
By: Teraku, Tetika.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document discusses the social functions of adoption in Kiribati society. It describes adoption in positive terms—as an institution primarily concerned with fostering love, bonding, and sharing among families, both biologically related and unrelated. The continuity of adoption in the face of recent economic changes appears to be attributable primarily to the vital role it plays in bringing people closer together. For maps, glossary, and bibliography see Mason (1985).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Adoption
- Family relationships
- Extended families
- Kin relationships
- Social placement
- Child care
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Friendships
- Grandparents and grandchildren
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kiribati
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Educator
- Indigenous Person
- 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 ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1982-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kiribati (Gilbert) Islands, Republic of Kiribati
- NotesAdditional notes
- Tetika Teraku ; photographs by Tony Whincup
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86214124
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kiribati--Social life and customs
- Kiribati--Social conditions