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Kin groups in a Haitian market

Man62 (9)Published In 1962 • Pages: 145-149

By: Legerman, Caroline J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article deals with the significance of kin groups among market women in northern Haiti. It focuses on the significance of kinship ties in fascilitating the selling of eggs and live fowl by rural women in nearby urban markets. It discusses how these women organized themselves into 'working units' by cultivating kinship, both actual and artificial, ties among themselves. These ties helped them to sanctioned specific rights and reciprocal duties to each others.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Internal trade
Retail marketing
Buying and selling
Kin relationships
Gender status
Mutual aid
Social relationships and groups
Wholesale marketing
Price and value
Production and supply
Transmission of skills
Classes
Artificial kin relationships
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
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Anthropologist
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
Teferi Abate Adem; 2011
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1961
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1961-1962
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Haiti
NotesAdditional notes
Miss Caroline J. Legerman
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
sf 80000548
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Haitians