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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Geertz, Hildred
Title:
The Javanese family: a study of kinship and
socialization
Published By: Original publisher
[New York]: Free Press of Glencoe. [1961]. 12, 176 p.
ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Hildred Geertz
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2010. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Javanese (OE05)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Kinship terminology (601);
Kindreds and ramages (612);
Kin relationships (602);
Household (592);
Termination of marriage (586);
Social readjustments to death (768);
Basis of marriage (581);
Arranging a marriage (584);
Pregnancy (843);
Childbirth (844);
Infant care (854);
(86);
Family relationships (593);
Ethos (181);
Adolescent activities (883);
Adulthood (885);
Regulation of marriage (582);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Geertz examines in this source the nature of the
contributions of the Javanese kinship system (bilateral with the nuclear family as the most
important kinship group) to the stability and continuity of Javanese society. Her
investigation in the town of Modjokuto includes an examination of the structure of the
Javanese kinship system (including kinship terminology, kindred and affinal relatives,
household composition, property division at divorce and death, marriage) and the
functioning of the Javanese kinship system (including customs at pregnancy and childbirth,
infant care and training, social relationships in childhood, adolescence, adulthood,
Javanese values and the family). She concludes that "Certain diffuse, general social values
provide legitimacy and meaning to familial institutions and serve as normative guides for
the daily give-and-take among family members. These same social values may also be
important elements in some non-familial institutions, such as the structure of authority
and social control within the community." (p. 146) These social values include the Javanese
concept of "respect" and "harmonious social appearances."
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
20
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
oe05-020
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1952-1954
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Del Childs ; Marlene Martin ; 1982
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1952-1954
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Java, Indonesia
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Javanese (Indonesian people)/Kinship//Ethnology--Java
