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The role of Trukese mother and its effect on child training

Pacific Science Board (8)Published In 1950 • Pages: 148

By: Fischer, Ann M..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study examines the influence of Chuuk gender roles on child-rearing practices and personality development. Fischer provides a good, basic description of Chuuk geography, history, economy and social roles. She discusses in more detail child-bearing, child-rearing, and the role of motherhood, which according to Fischer is the only acceptable role for women in Chuuk society. Children are cared for by all members of an extended patrilineal family group and are often adopted out to relatives after weaning. The close relationship mothers cultivate with some of their sons is in part to insure that her sons will care for her later in her old age. The appendix includes an obervation of a mother and baby in their home.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Personality development
Daily routine
Social relationships and groups
Ethics
Social control
Infancy and childhood
Socialization
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Chuuk
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1999
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
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnographer
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
Ian Skoggard ; 1997
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1949
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1949
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Romonum Island, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
NotesAdditional notes
Ann M. Fischer
Includes bibliographical references (p. 142)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Trukese (Micronesian people)