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Conceptions of maturing and dying in the 'middle of heaven'
Aging and its transformations : moving toward death in pacific societies • (10) • Published In 1985 • Pages: 107-129, 275-313
By: Carucci, Laurence Marshall.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document, which was originally published a chapter in an edited volume, discusses concepts of maturing and dying among the Enewetak people of Ujelang Atoll, Marshall Islands. It does so based on ethnographic information relating to cultural defined behaviors expected of Enewetak men and women as they undergo through childhood, adolescent, adulthood and old age stages.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Conception
- Childbirth
- Pregnancy
- Difficult and unusual births
- Life and death
- Dying
- Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
- Development and maturation
- Spirits and gods
- Status of adolescents
- Status and treatment of the aged
- Social personality
- Life history materials
- Celibacy
- Ethnosociology
- Family relationships
- Status, role, and prestige
- Gender status
- Animism
- Cult of the dead
- Gender roles and issues
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 1976-1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1976-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ujelang Atoll, Marshall Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- Laurence Marshall Carucci
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-313)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85013507
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Marshallese