Book
Jungle people: a Kaingang tribe of the highlands of Brazil
J. J. Augustin • Locust Valley, New York • Published In 1941 • Pages:
By: Henry, Jules, Benedict, Ruth, Kraus, Hans F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Henry, a social anthropologist, spent slightly over a year among the Xokleng (Aweikoma, Kaingang of Santa Catarina), and wrote this account of them almost entirely from his own field data. Data are included on the food quest, the kinship system, material culture, the life cycle, folklore and religion, and the daily routine. In addition, there are sections dealing with the disruptive forces in Caingang society (centering on feuds) and the integrative forces (centering on the extended family). Much of the book tends to be more in narrative style than the usual ethnography, and it is not always clear whether the conclusions refer to Caingang culture of the past or to the present decadent reservation-dwelling group.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Literary texts
- Texts translated into english
- Verbal arts
- Hunting and trapping
- Polygamy
- Household
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Inter-community relations
- Personality traits
- Kin relationships
- Daily routine
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Xokleng
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern South 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.
- Social Anthropologist
- 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
- James Leary; 1958; John Beierle; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1932-1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1932-1934
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jules Henry, Foreword by Ruth Benedict
- 'Illustrations by Hans F. Kraus.'
- includes Glossary and Name Idex
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 41026784
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shokleng Indians