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Infancy related food taboos among the Shipibo
Working papers on South American Indians • (3) • Published In 1981 • Pages: 173-176
By: Abelove, Joan, Campos, Roberta.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study examines the topic of food taboos in its social context and the social process in which the taboos are embedded. These taboos occur during illness when native curers often prescribe that specific foods be avoided, and in infancy '…when parents and full siblings of the newborn are restricted from eating specific foods, lest it cause the infant harm, or even death ' (p. 174).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Diet
- Avoidance and taboo
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shipibo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- 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
- article
- 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 ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1972-1974
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ucayali River area, Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Joan Abelove and Roberta Campos
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85647082
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shipibo-Conibo Indians