Book
Life in a Haitian valley
Alfred A. Knopf • New York • Published In 1937 • Pages:
By: Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author describes the culture and society of a particular Haitian district with respect to the cultural and social conditions of Haiti in general and to their historical development. In this he concentrates upon religion, while social and economic conditions are treated in a rather generalized way. The interconnection between religion, society, and economy is not given sufficient consideration. The author draws the conclusion that the African heritage is of great importance for religion (Voodoo), art (music, dance), and certain social institutions (extended family, pronounced respect for elders, polygyny). The book contains a useful review of Haitian history.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Division of labor by gender
- Mutual aid
- Labor and leisure
- History
- Cultural identity and pride
- Organized ceremonial
- External relations
- Etiquette
- Ethnic stratification
- Food preparation
- Games
- Music
- Social control
- Retail marketing
- Classes
- Infancy and childhood
- Marriage
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Haitians
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sigrid Khera ; 1967
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1520-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Haiti
- NotesAdditional notes
- Melville J. Herskovits
- Study of native life in the valley of Mirebalais
- Footnotes, appearing mostly as bibliographical citations in the text, will be found at the end, of this source, category 116, pp. 327-338.
- Pages i-xix of index repaginated by HRAF as pages 351-369
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-350)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 37004442
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Voodooism
- Magic--Haiti
- Haiti--Social life and customs
- Mirebalais (Haiti)