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Kinship and social structure of the Island Carib
Southwestern journal of anthropology • 2 • Published In 1946 • Pages: 180-212
By: Taylor, Douglas MacRae.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article the author compares the information given by early writers on the Carib with conditions encountered in modern times among the Carib remnant in Dominica. He quotes several writers whose works have been translated and included in this file. Subjects treated are: the tribal names, the position of the chief, political and family organization, marriage customs, life cycle ceremonies, couvade, child rearing practices, division of labor, and land tenure. In addition, fully half of the article is devoted to a discussion of kinship terms, their meaning and usage. In conclusion, the author reviews some of the evidence of the historical relations of the Carib with the Arawak peoples.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Marriage
- Family
- Kinship terminology
- 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 ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1930-1937
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1635-1937
- 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
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47005758
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Carib Indians