Book
Asang; adaptations to culture contact in a Miskito community
University of Florida Press • Gainesville • Published In 1971 • Pages:
By: Helms, Mary W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The study presented here attempts to describe and explain certain aspects of the way of life of the Miskito Indians who live along the coast and rivers of eastern Nicaragua and Honduras. The focus in this work is on the village of Asang, although there is much discussion on the Miskito culture in general with particular emphasis on those areas of social, economic, political, and religious life which have been most influenced by contact with various agents of the Western world, especially that of the Moravian church.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Ecclesiastical organization
- External trade
- Marriage
- Settlement patterns
- Residence
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural identity and pride
- Ethnosociology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Miskito
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- November 1964-July 1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Village of Asang, Rio Coco Region, Northeast Nicaragua
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Mary W. Helms
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70630257
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Miskito Indians