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Rumor in a primitive society
Journal of abnormal and social psychology • 53 • Published In 1956 • Pages: 122-132
By: Firth, Raymond.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a study of the nature and social function of rumor in a small scale society. Many of the causes and incidents discussed were part of the author's field experience and reflect on the role of the anthropologist in the society which he is studying.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social control
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tikopia
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- 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.
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert J. Theodoratus
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1928, 1952
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tikopia Island, Solomon Islands
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Raymond Firth
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tikopia (Solomon Islands people)