Book
Political leadership and culture change in Yap
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1975 • Pages:
By: Lingenfelter, Sherwood G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The major focus of interest in this monograph is on the effects of change on political leadership, ideologies and organization as a direct result of American administration since World War II. The cultural and social adaptations and consequences of this directed change thus form the bulk of this study. This change effect is brought out by the author in contrasting the traditional political and social organization of Yap with the present situation (i.e., under American administration). Unfortunately, in his presentation Lingenfelter frequently neglects to define clearly the political terminology he is using, resulting in a further muddying of the already complex political roles and relationships on Yap. For example the term 'chief' is often used without specification as to what political level is being discussed -- village chief, high chief, sectional chief, chief of young men, etc. This is also to be noted in discussions of 'paramount chiefs' and 'high chiefs' in which sometimes the terms apparently are used interchangeably and at other times are seemingly distinct entities. Other terms, some of native origin, although defined when first presented in the text, are used by the author in such a manner as to make the reader wonder if there were more than one meaning to the terms. Some of these are: 'estate,' 'estate associations'' 'SUWON' and 'YOGUM.'
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Status, role, and prestige
- Real property
- Social relationships and groups
- Territorial hierarchy
- Deliberative councils
- Districts
- External relations
- Age stratification
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yapese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1975
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- October 1967-July 1969
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1947-1969
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Sherwood Galen Lingenfelter
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Pittsburgh, 1971
- UM72-7562
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 393-403)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yapese (Micronesian people)/Yap (Micronesia)