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Tongan kin groups: the noble and the common view
journal of the Polynesian Society • 83 • Published In 1974 • Pages: 5-13
By: Dector Korn, Shulamit Rose.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article includes not only a discussion of various kin groups among the Tongans, but also a critique of other works on Tongan social organization. The kin groups discussed are the HA'A, 'API, KāINGA, and FAMILI. The differences and similarities in the membership, functioning, and social purposes of these groups are explained. The author takes pains to point out that the study of Tongan kin groups must take into consideration different behaviors between social classes, something that has been neglected in much of the literature on Tongan social organization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Status, role, and prestige
- Classes
- Kindreds and ramages
- Lineages
- 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.
- 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
- Eleanor C. Swanson; Marlene Martin; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1969-1970
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tongatapu Island, Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Shulamit Rose Dector Korn
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 12-13)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 08012644
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans