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Puerto Rico: an essay in the definition of a national culture
Status of Puerto Rico : selected background studies, prepared for the United States • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1966 • Pages: 339-434
By: Mintz, Sidney Wilfred.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of culture, particularly its meaning to Puerto Rican society. Part I is a discussion of concepts. Parts II and III describe Puerto Rican culture in the context of island history, and Puerto Rico's place within the Caribbean region. These two sections deal with the historical background of the island and certain specific features of Puerto Rican society that relate to national character, race relations, class structure, social change, and values. Two appendices conclude this work and provide additional ethnographic data on Puerto Rican culture and society. Appendix A, based on the work of Jane Collier, attempts to derive a profile of Puerto Rican values. Appendix B summarizes briefly the contents of some of the principal books and articles that have dealt with Puerto Rican culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Ethos
- Gender status
- Classes
- Social relationships and groups
- Family relationships
- Ethnopsychology
- Ethnosociology
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1992, 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- 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)
- Puerto Rico
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Sidney W. Mintz
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74014254
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Rico--Social life and customs