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Kinship organisation and behaviour in a contemporary Tongan village
journal of the Polynesian Society • 75 • Published In 1966 • Pages: 141-176
By: Aoyagi, Machiko.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a 'descriptive study on the kinship organisation and behaviour of Tongan commoners in a contemporary Tongan village' (p. 141). It is specifically in contrast to the findings of Gifford (document #1) on kinship among the nobility. Commoners are organized into bilateral 'famili,' loose kindreds drawn upon as they are needed, and lack the unilineal 'ha'a' of the nobility, which Gifford thought were characteristic of all Tongan society. Aoyagi discusses the structure of the village, household composition, post-marital residence, the kindreds-famili and kāinga, and their functions, religion, land use, marriage regulation, kinship terminology and norms of kin behavior between the various dyad, e.g., husband and wife, uncle and nephew, etc. sleeping places, name giving, weddings, funerals, and the rather loose internal stratification of the village.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Naming
- Status, role, and prestige
- Visiting and hospitality
- Nuptials
- Residence
- Household
- Family
- Family relationships
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Kindreds and ramages
- Lineages
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Burial practices and funerals
- Religious denominations
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- 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
- Martin J. Malone; Eleanor C. Swanson; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- July 1962 - Feb. 1963, Tonga; Nov. 1962 - Jan. 1963, Nukuleka
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nukuleka village, Tongatapu Island, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Machiko Aoyagi
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 08012644
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans