book chapter
Ethnographic setting: the major socio-cultural forms of the Black Carib of Punta Gorda, British Honduras
Couvade practices of the Black Carib: a psychological study • [cambridge, Mass.] • Published In 1964 • Pages: 22-83
By: Munroe, Robert L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a chapter from a Ph.D. dissertation, describing the ethnography of a town in Belize. Munroe discusses the history, physical setting, language, material culture, subsistence, social structure, and religion, circa 1950s of the town. A long section is devoted to the socialization of children and youth. He also discusses subsistence activities, from household chores to rice planting and wage labor.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Division of labor by gender
- Household
- Childhood activities
- Techniques of socialization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Garifuna
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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
- Central America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- 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
- 1950-1963
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Punta Gorda, Belize
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Robert Leon Munroe
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Harvard University, 1964
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-89)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)