Book
Ta'u: stability and change in a Samoan village
Wellington, N.Z. • The Polynesian Society, Inc. • Published In 1958 • Pages:
By: Holmes, Lowell Don.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph explores change and continuity in the material culture and social organization of Ta'nu, a village in the Manu'an island group of American Samoa. To achieve this goal, the author contrasts his own observation of daily life among Ta'nu villagers and Chiefs in 1954 with ethnographic and historical information obtained from the nineteenth century (circa 1800-1870), and during 1925-1930. The monograph concludes by providing a long list of materials and cultural practices which the author found to be either survivals of past traditions or recent additions following contacts mostly with Europeans and Americans.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Household
- Family relationships
- Gender status
- Division of labor by gender
- Settlement patterns
- Buying and selling
- Community heads
- Status, role, and prestige
- Chief executive
- Form and rules of government
- Etiquette
- Visiting and hospitality
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Samoans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- 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
- Book
- 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; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Samoa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lowell D. Holmes
- Reprint of the Polynesian Society No.7
- Pages v-ix and 3-37 of this reprint appeared in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, 66:301-338. Pages 38-77 appeared in the Journal, 66:398-435
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-80) and index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Samoans