Book
Tropical childhood: cultural transmission and learning in a rural Puerto Rican village
University of North Carolina Press • Chapel Hill, N.c. • Published In 1959 • Pages: xii, 291
By: Landy, David.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of socialization among lower class families in a rural Puerto Rican village (one of the many villages in the area having a cane plantation-dependent economy). In discussing the social-cultural correlates of socialization, the author also draws systematic comparisons on child rearing and behavior from families in an urban lower and middle class New England community as an 'experimental' control for the findings on Puerto Rico. The author synthesizes an abstract personality complex that is characteristic of the village child, and explains the processes determining this personality type. Admitting that child rearing and child behavior process is very complex, Landy does not specify precise correlations among all the probable causal variables, but discusses a personality pattern that is at least reasonably valid and reliable when applied to other rural Puerto Rican villages where analagous sociocultural and family factors are operating. While quantitative measures on the frequency distribution of the child rearing variables are not found, the main structure of pattern is still in sharp focus. The four appendices at the end of the volume contain useful information on the methodology of this field study. The reader might consult Stycos (source no. 3, this file) for background information on family behavior and relationships as context for this analysis of family child rearing patterns. Note: the name 'Valle Caña' is a pseudonym.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Socialization
- Techniques of socialization
- Independence training
- Child care
- Infant care
- Infancy and childhood
- Comparative evidence
- Personality development
- Adjustment processes
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Island)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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
- Book
- 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
- Gilbert Winer; 1967-1968 ; John Beierle; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- none specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Puerto Rico
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] David Landy
- "A Social Science Research Center study, College of the Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-286)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 59065346
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Child rearing
- Children--Puerto Rico