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Nubians in Egyptbook chapter 1991 • Fernea, Robert A. (Robert Alan)
Nubians • Africa > Northern Africa
This study discusses the continuity of core elements of Nubian culture in the face of massive outmigration of adult men (and to some extent women) in search of employment in Egyptian cities and the resettlement of entire communities in new government...Epiloguebook chapter 1991 • Fernea, Robert A. (Robert Alan) & Rouchdy, Aleya
Nubians • Africa > Northern Africa
With increased and more widespread labor migration, Nubian culture has confronted changes, including a decline in the number of children speaking Nubian as their mother tongue, losses of traditional customs and ceremonies, and the commercialization o...The four ages of TsuraiBook 1952 • Heizer, Robert F. (Robert Fleming) et al.
Yurok • North America > Northwest Coast and California
This is a collection of documents on the Yurok village of Tsurai from the time of discovery to its abandonment. The four ages represented are: The prehistoric period; the period of discovery and exploration, 1775-1800; the period of exploitation, 180...Report of the Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer expedition for Huichol ethnographyBook 1938 • Zingg, Robert M. (Robert Mowry)
Huichol • Middle America and the Caribbean > Northern Mexico
This document primarily draws on information the author gathered in the field in 1934, with additional data from Carl Lumholtz, who conducted fieldwork among the Huichol from 1894 to 1897. Much of the book is devoted to discussing change and continui...Marquesan sexual behaviorBook 1963 • Suggs, Robert C. (Robert Carl)
Marquesas • Oceania > Polynesia
This source, compiled by a professional anthropologist, presents a thorough and exhaustive study of Marquesan sexual behavior as obtained from the field work of the author, assisted by his wife, on the island of Nuku Hiva in the years 1956-1958. Comp...The Amahuaca Indians of eastern Peruarticle 1962 • Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard)
Amahuaca • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is a cultural overview of the Amahuaca, including a history up to the ethnographic present....Shifting cultivation among the Amahuaca of eastern Peruessay 1964 • Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard)
Amahuaca • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This is a detailed account of Amahuaca farming practices, and an assessment of Amahuaca diet and nutrition....The Amahuaca and the spirit worldarticle 1964 • Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard)
Amahuaca • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This document is about spirits (yoshi) that are considered malevolent, and are associated with animals and plants also largely regarded as dangerous. Yoshi appear in dreams and are believed to cause sickness. Sorcerers use yoshi to target and harm th...Hunting and hunting magic among the Amahuaca of the Peruvian montañaarticle 1970 • Carneiro, Robert L. (Robert Leonard)
Amahuaca • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
This study discusses Amahuaca hunting technology and practices, and associated magic. The bow and arrow is the principal weapon used for hunting and fishing. Tapirs and spider monkeys are prized game. Blood of the hunted animal is applied to the bow,...Mundurucu religionBook 1958 • Murphy, Robert F. (Robert Francis)
Mundurucu • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
The author, a professional anthropologist, describes the past and present religious practices of the Mundurucu. In the course of this description, some material is given on other aspects of the culture as they existed in the past, and the effect is s...Coast Lapp society, IBook 1957 • Paine, Robert
Saami • Europe > Scandinavia
This monograph is a description of coast Saami life. The first part of the book describes the adjustment of Saami culture to its environment. A section is devoted to the history of the Saami, and Paine shows how settlement pattern has been influenced...Changes in the ecological and economic bases in a coast Lappish districtarticle 1958 • Paine, Robert
Saami • Europe > Scandinavia
This article is concerned with three modifications in the ecology and economics of coast Saami society from the seventeenth century to the early 1950s. The first modification is the decreasing scale of coast Saami transhumance as the result of extens...Coast Lapp society, IIBook 1965 • Paine, Robert
Saami • Europe > Scandinavia
Paine, periodically involved with Saami around Revsbotn Fjord during the 1950s, presents information on social changes in the Saami community due to the penetration of national economic forces and organizations. His primary concerns are the conflict ...Herds of the tundraBook 1994 • Paine, Robert
Saami • Europe > Scandinavia
In this book Paine portrays the life of the Saami reindeer pastoralists in northern Norway (particularly the Kautokeino area of Finnmark County) during the 1960s and again in the decade between 1979-1989, and analyzes the effects of recent Norwegian ...The Chadian Tubuarticle 2001 • Buijtenhuijs, Robert
Teda • Africa > Central Africa
This article discusses how the Teda (a contemporary nomadic herding people in Chad) came to conquer the Chadian State by establishing dominance in central government in the later 1970s and early 1980s. It also evaluates the consequences of this take-...The Berbers and the Makhzen in the south of MoroccoBook 1930 • Montagne, Robert & Winchell, Jean
Shluh • Africa > Northern Africa
This work deals with the history and political evolution of the Shluh tribes of the Grand Atlas and Anti-Atlas Mountains, the Sous River valleys and the adjoining coastal regions. Montagne divides his work into three major parts which he calls 'books...Medicine and healing in the Old Testament backgroundbook chapter 2000 • North, Robert
Israelites • Middle East > Middle East
This is a treatise on disease and medicine in Ancient Israel. While there are many references to headaches and stomachaches in the Bible there is, in general a paucity of medical information. The author had to rely on other sources from the Near East...The Madonna of 115th StreetBook 1985 • Orsi, Robert A.
Italian Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a study of the popular religion of Italian Americans living in Italian Harlem in New York City from 1880 through 1950. Much of the work is devoted to an analysis of the FESTA of the Madonna of Mount Carmel on East 115th Street, and on the dev...Torn between two landsBook 1983 • Mirak, Robert
North American Armenians • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a comprehensive study of the Armenian American community in the United States from approximately the 1890s to World War I (1914). The book is divided into four major parts. Part I surveys the Armenian communities in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey...Culture summaryessay 2004 • Paul, Robert A.
Sherpa • Asia > Central Asia
This is a culture summary of the Sherpa. Information is presented on major aspects of Sherpa culture....The Tibetan symbolic worldBook 1982 • Paul, Robert A.
Sherpa • Asia > Central Asia
This monograph presents a detailed symbolic analysis of Sherpa-Tibetan culture interpreted from the standpoint of Freudian psychoanalytic theory, with particular emphasis on Oedipal conflicts within the society. Central to Paul's analysis is his thes...The place of truth in Sherpa law and religionarticle 1977 • Paul, Robert A.
Sherpa • Asia > Central Asia
This article discusses Sherpa concepts of guilt and conflict resolution which the author believes may differ in part because of different cultural conceptions regarding the ontological status of events. Paul points out that within Sherpa culture ther...Recruitment to monasticism among the Sherpasessay 1990 • Paul, Robert A.
Sherpa • Asia > Central Asia
In this paper, Paul uses a Freudian generative model of psyche and culture, one expounded in his book 'The Tibetan Symbolic World' (1982), to explain the recruitment pattern of Sherpa monks. According to Paul the transition between junior and senior ...The Annamese monarchybook chapter 1931 • Petit, Robert & Whitaker, T. R.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
Petit prepared this study as a doctoral thesis at the University of Paris. He covers the accession to the throne, the religious character of the Emperor and his function as chief of state. Information is also given concerning the Emperor's assistants...Disputed watersBook 1990 • Doherty, Robert
Ojibwa • North America > Arctic and Subarctic
This book is mostly an account of a twelve-year dispute between Michigan's Ojibwas (Ottawa and Chippewa bands) and the state of Michigan over fishing rights in the Great Lakes. The state of Michigan represented the sports fishing industry which had r...