Book
Mating as a reproductive strategy: a Black Carib example
University Microfilms International • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: McCommon, Carolyn Sue.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The focus of this study is the examination of the basic nature of the Garifuna mating system. The analysis uses some of the principles of biological theories relating to sexual and kin selection (p. iii). The data used in this source were obtained from interviews with Garifuna women in Sambo Crique, Honduras. McCommon's Garifuna data show that a woman's mating pattern -- legal/religious, co-residential, extra-residential, or single -- is related to her perceived ability to choose the best source of support, not only for herself, but also for her children and other consanguines. According to the author, these mating decisions '...can be measured by variation in reproductive accomplishments' (p. iii). These data agree with previous studies of Caribbean mating patterns.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Marriage
- Kinship regulation of sex
- Conception
- 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 ; 1980-1981
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980-1981
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980-1981
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sambo Crique, Honduras
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Carolyn Sue McCommon
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- State College, Pennsylvania State University, 1982
- UM8305673
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-149)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)