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The structure of kinship and marriage among the Canelos Quichua of east-central Ecuador
Marriage practices in lowland South America • (14) • Published In 1984 • Pages: 194-220, 265-283
By: Whitten, Norman E., Whitten, Dorothea S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a detailed study of kinship structure and marriaage among the Canelos Quichua of East-Central Ecuador. For the Canelos Quichua, marriage consists of a process of spouse acquisition (for a man, [n]huarmiyuj[/n], or the 'possession of a woman'; for a woman, [n]cariyuj[/n], 'possession of a man'), the entire process which takes about three years to accomplish. During this period the authors describe how segments of maximal [n]ayllus[/n] are linked, residence shifts take place, territoriality somewhat redefined, fictive kinship ([i]gumba[/i] relations established, and a micro-universe [n]huasi[/n] or household, founded. All of these events take place within the constraints of the kin class system and the system of shamanism (p. 196).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kindreds and ramages
- Household
- Kinship terminology
- Marriage
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Burial practices and funerals
- Religious beliefs
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Canelos Quichua
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- 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
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1968-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1968-1979
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pastaza province, Ecuador
- NotesAdditional notes
- Norman E. Whitten, Jr., and Dorothea S. Whitten
- Includes bibliographical references (p.265-283)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83004924
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Canelo Indians