Book

The family in Bahia, Brazil, 1870-1945

Stanford University PressStanford, Calif.Published In 1994 • Pages:

By: Borges, Dain Edward.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study deals primarily with the upper class families of Bahia, Brazil, and with cultural change from the point of view of institutions and their often conflictive relations. The focus of the book is on the period from 1870 to 1945 -- from just before the abolition of slavery in Brazil to the end of World War II. The work is divided into seven chapters with the major topics being the general background of Bahian society for the period specified; the daily life of households and family organization among landlords, the elite, and the middle classes; the influence of formal institutions (e.g., the church) on the families of the upper class; changes and continuities in the informal ideas of Bahians about their respective families (especially in regard to courtship, honor ,and the role of women); and family organizational changes considered necessary to move out of the declining agricultural sectors and into the professions (p. 8),
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Sociocultural trends
Gender status
Classes
Slavery
Regulation of marriage
Social relationships and groups
Family
Household
Religious denominations
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Bahia Brazilians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1999
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.
Historian
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.
4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 1998
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1981, 1987
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1870-1950
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Salvador; Bahia, Brazil
NotesAdditional notes
Dain Borges
Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-412) and index
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
91044471
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Bahia (Brazil : State)