Book
Food and social relations in a Garifuna village
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Palacio, Joseph O..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This dissertation is a study of the way in which food serves as a means of analyzing social ties among residents of the community of Lisurnia (a pseudonym), a small village in the southern coastal region of Belize (Honduras), and between them and others in the outside world (p. 18). Thus Palacio sets the stage for his discussion of food as a basic medium of social interaction -- a theme that dominates the major portion of this source. In his analysis of the data the household, village commuity and village economy are all discussed in terms of broad areas in which food activities are performed, and are then integrated into the value system of the Garifuna that tends to isolate cultural and social forces determining food behavior. The source then continues with a lengthy discussion of the various food exchange systems operable in the society. In conclusion the author provides a description of food consumption itself, highlighting in the process some social and cultural constraints.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gratification and control of hunger
- Diet
- Eating
- Exchange and transfers
- Household
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- 1979-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1979-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Lisurnia' [pseudonym], Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Joseph Orlando Palacio
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Berkeley, University of California, 1982
- UM8300616
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-187)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)