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Working wrongly and seeking the straight: remedial remedies on Enewetak Atoll
Pacific studies • 21 (3) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 1-27
By: Carucci, Laurence Marshall.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses perceptions of wrongdoing and justice in Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. It argues that constructions of wrongdoing are culturally relative. It further argues that ideas and feelings about just and unjust action within the Enewetak community are also relative and depend upon varied logical scenarios that community members use to construct and project their social identities. Differently positioned social actors rationalize their ideas about wrongdoing and injustice in a variety of ways as they develop and maintain empowered sense of identity within the community.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethos
- Ethics
- Community structure
- Status, role, and prestige
- External relations
- Diet
- Gift giving
- Litigation
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Real property
- Social personality
- Political movements
- Peacemaking
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Marshallese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- article
- 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; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976-1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1940-1998
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- Laurence Marshall Carucci
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-27)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84643929
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Marshallese