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The meaning of dietary and occupational restrictions among the Island Carib
American anthropologist • 52 • Published In 1950 • Pages: 343-349
By: Taylor, Douglas MacRae.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article treats fasting and similarly restrictive practices of the Island Carib. It examines both the form and occasion of each practice as a particular application of a general concept of the susceptibility of the individual to harmful forces and the avoidance of exposure to these forces by withdrawal. The author received formal training in anthropology and has published extensively on the Island Carib.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Avoidance and taboo
- Asceticism
- Menstruation
- Pregnancy
- Postnatal care
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kalinago
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- 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
- George R. Bedell ; 1950
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1930-1937
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1650-1937
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dominica
- NotesAdditional notes
- Douglas Taylor
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Carib Indians