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Marriage and Terena tribal solidarity: an essay in structural analysis
American indigena • 21 • Published In 1961 • Pages: 233-252
By: Oliveira, Roberto Cardoso de, Kietzman, Dale W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a structural analysis of the Terena marriage and social stratification systems, based on field work in 1955-58, under the auspices of the Indian Protective Service and the Division of Anthropology of the National Museum of Brazil. The author considers the Terena marriage and social stratification systems as two major structural elements which have promoted social solidarity among the Terena people and made the survival of Terena culture possible despite a history of relocation from Paraguayan Chaco to Brazilian Mato Grosso. Since there are no written data of pre-nineteenth century Terena, Oliveira gathered his ethnographic data through interviews with older Terenans, by evoking their memories of tribal society, which has long since ceased to exist. This social anthropological study of Terena is one of the few studies of Terena based on field work. It was originally written in Portuguese and has been translated into English by Dale W. Kietzman. Although some misspellings and typographical errors can be found, the data seem reliable and interesting.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Classes
- Moieties
- Regulation of marriage
- Ethnic stratification
- Mythology
- Aftermath of combat
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Terena
- 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
- Southern South America
- 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
- Hesung C. Koh ; 1965: John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1955-1958
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Southern Mato Grosso, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Roberto Cardoso de Oliveira ; translated by Dale W. Kietzman
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Terena Indians