Book
Esperanza: an ethnographic study of a peasant community in Puerto Rico
University of Arizona Press • (50) • Published In 1977 • Pages: xii, 217
By: Buitrago Ortíz, Carlos.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the small rural community of Esperanza, part of the municipality of Arecibo in the northern part of Puerto Rico. Esperanza was chosen as the subject of this work since it provides an example of a mid-twentieth century traditional society, exhibiting features that have disappeared or are in the process of disappearing from other communities on the island. This study attempts to throw some light on several questions intimately related to the structure of the Puerto Rican family, such as whether or not there is one pattern or more than one pattern in the structure of the rural family, and what the relationship is between these patterns and such other factors as occupation and religion (p. 4). In addition, Buitrago Ortíz attempts to provide a background against which social change in Puerto Rico can be compared and studied. Data presented in this work relate to ecology and economy, the household, life cycle events, the kinship system, kin conflicts, marriage, religion, social stratification, and community-government relations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- External migration
- Tillage
- Special crops
- Real property
- Production and supply
- Social relationships and groups
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Special unions and marriages
- Household
- Family relationships
- Kin relationships
- Artificial kin relationships
- General character of religion
- Religious denominations
- Childbirth
- Puberty and initiation
- Adulthood
- 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
- John Beierle ;1993, 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1962-1963 (p. xi)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1962-1963
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Esperanza (Arecibo), Puerto Rico
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Carlos Buitrago Ortíz
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73090915
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Puerto Rico
- La Esperanza (Arecibo, P.R.)--Social life and customs