essay
Marquesan culture
individual and his society: the psychodynamics of primitive social organization, by Abram Kardiner • New York • Published In 1939 • Pages: 138-196
By: Linton, Ralph.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a descriptive summary of Marquesan culture by a well known professional anthropologist, similar to a standard ethnographic treatment but with emphasis on data significant to the psychological analysis which accompanies it in the original book. The author presents sections on environment and economy, master craftsmen, distribution, attitude toward objects, social and tribal organization, the household, sex, social grading, the individual life cycle, war, religion, and folklore and legends.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Geography
- Occupational specialization
- Names of animals and things
- Sacred objects and places
- Tribe and nation
- Household
- Status, role, and prestige
- Priesthood
- Eschatology
- Warfare
- Sex
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Marquesas
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- essay
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1959: John Beierle; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1920-1921
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850s - 1922
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Ralph Linton
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 40000322
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Marquesans