Book
The Black Carib of Honduras: a study in acculturation
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Coelho, Ruy Galvão de Andrade.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is an analysis of the Garifuna '...in their economic and social organization and belief system, in which mechanisms making for retention, reinterpretation and syncretism were extensively used' (p. 21). These particular aspects were chosen for examination because the author believes that they represent the highlights of a culture functioning under severe pressure and best show the resourcefulness and ingenuity of an ethnic population in preserving the essential values and meaning of their cultural heritage in a continuing process of adaptation. Other data in the source included in or exclusive of the coverage listed above are: cultural history, geography, marriage and the family, foods and food preparation, family income and expenditures, the supernatural world, death rituals, religious practitioners, and Catholic holidays and secular festivals. Much of the above information is also equally relevant to the Island Caribs or Callinago. The field work for this study was undertaken by the author from August 1947 to August 1948, nine and a half months of which were spent in the Garifuna town of Trujillo. Other Garifuna settlements studied were on the Island of Roatan, and the Caribbean Coast from Puerto Barrios in Guatemala to Iriona in the Mosquitia Territory.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Standard of living
- Drama
- Community structure
- Burial practices and funerals
- General character of religion
- Revelation and divination
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garifuna
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central America
- 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.
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1989-1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1947-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Trujillo, Honduras
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Ruy Coelho
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University, 1955
- UM0013076
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 298-308)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)