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Continuities and changes in Marshallese grandparenting
Pacific studies • 30 (3-4) • Published In 2007 • Pages: 135-161
By: Carucci, Laurence Marshall.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper discusses the nature of grandparent-grandchildren relationship among Marshallese Islanders. it argues that for Marshallese, grandparents do not exist as independent types of kin. Instead, a grandparent is regarded as a partner in a reciprocal grandparent/grandchild relationship. This relationship is not grounded in either biology or unchallenging social status; rather, it is constructed out of practical activities as members of a shared community. Grandparents who actively earn respect in their relationships with others are recognized collectively as senior grandparents of the community or communal grandparents. The paper also examines continuities and changes in the activities and social significance of grandparents of the community across three decades (1976-2005).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Grandparents and grandchildren
- Kin relationships
- Kinship terminology
- Etiquette
- External relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Labor supply and employment
- Sociocultural trends
- 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
- 1976-2005
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1944-2005
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Enewetak and Ujelang Atolls, Marshall Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- Laurence Marshall Carucci
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84643929
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Marshallese