Book

Studies of Okinawan village life

Pacific Science Board, National Research CouncilWashington D.C. • Published In 1953 • Pages: [ia-e] ii, 382

By: Glacken, Clarence J..

Abstract
This work is based primarily upon six months of field work in three sample villages chosen as examples of the primary types of economies -- agriculture, fishing, stonecutting, and forestry. The description is comprehensive and detailed. In addition to the focus on person-land relationships, there is very detailed information on topics such as economic organization, kinship (including kinship terminology), marriage, family life, socialization patterns, formal education, religion, festivals, funerals and mourning, and the community. There is a lenghty discussion of what is called the 'family system,' which includes the entire network of kin groups. The structuring of the patrilineal kin groups remains ambiguous, although it may be suggested that they seem to constitute a segmentary lineage system.
Subjects
Composition of population
History
Fishing
Tillage
Land use
Lumbering
Mining and quarrying
Lithic industries
Dwellings
Real property
Inheritance
Nuptials
Family
Kinship terminology
Kin relationships
Community structure
External relations
Burial practices and funerals
Organized ceremonial
Education system
culture
Okinawans
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Asia
Sub Region
East Asia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Types
Ethnologist
Geographer
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Robert O. Lagacé ; 1962
Field Date
1951-1952
Coverage Date
prehistory -1952
Coverage Place
villages of Hanashiro, Minatogawa, and Matsuda, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
Notes
[by] Clarence J. Glacken
Includes bibliography
LCSH
Okinawa