Book
San Cipriano; life in a Puerto Rican community
Gordon and Breach • 1 • Published In 1971 • Pages: xiii, 148
By: LaRuffa, Anthony L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Barrio San Cipriano, the focus of this study, is a political subdivision of the municipality of Santiago, located in the northeastern coastal plain of Puerto Rico, approximately fifteen miles east of San Juan. This barrio, which is predominantly black (phenotypically) and relatively isolated from other Puerto Rican communities, is examined in great detail, first from the standpoint of ethnography and cultural change, and secondly as it reflects what is happening in Puerto Rico, to what extent San Cipriano is unique, "...and how the Puerto Rican reaction to the community reveals an overt racism in the island which is probably stronger than most people suspect" (p. 3). The ethnographic data presented in this work pertain to the spatial and historical setting of the community, its economy, social structure and organization, life cycle events, the traditional approach of its population to the supernatural world, and religion, particularly the history of Protestantism in Puerto Rico, and the development of Pentecostalism.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Economic planning and development
- Special crops
- Production and supply
- Labor supply and employment
- Standard of living
- Gender status
- Classes
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Special unions and marriages
- Political parties
- Elections
- Revelation and divination
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- Organized ceremonial
- Missions
- Conception
- Pregnancy
- Childbirth
- 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
- 1963-1964
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963-1964
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Barrio San Cipriano, Municipality of Santiago, Puerto Rico
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Anthony L. LaRuffa
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73136765
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Protestant churches--San Cipriano, P.R.
- San Cipriano, P.R.--Social life and customs