Book

The Polynesian family system in Ka-'U, Hawai'i

C. E. Tuttle Co.Rutland, Vt. • Published In 1972 • Pages:

By: Handy, E. S. Craighill (Edward Smith Craighill), Pukui, Mary Kawena.

Abstract
This book presents a review of traditional Hawaiian life, focusing primarily on the time period of the late eighteenth century to the end of the nineteenth. The data cover accounts of the spirits and gods, the kinship system, life cycle events (birth, marriage, death), social stratification, sexual practices, religious beliefs, and family relationships. The main source of information in this document was obtained from elderly Hawaiian informants, supplemented with information from the historical/anthropological literature
Subjects
Topography and geology
Flora
Fauna
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Status, role, and prestige
Castes
Etiquette
Arranging a marriage
Kinship terminology
Kin relationships
Chief executive
Burial practices and funerals
Mourning
Mythology
Spirits and gods
Pregnancy
Childbirth
culture
Hawaiians
HRAF PubDate
2003
Region
Oceania
Sub Region
Polynesia
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Types
Ethnologist
Indigenous Person
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2002
Field Date
1935
Coverage Date
late eighteenth - nineteenth centuries
Coverage Place
Ka'u District, Island of Hawaii, United States
Notes
by E. S. Craighill Handy and Mary Kawena Pukui. With a concluding chapter on the history and ecology of Ka-'u by Elizabeth Green Handy, and with an introd. to the new ed. by Terence Barrow
'First published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society … from 1950 to 1955 under the title of The Hawaiian Family.'
Includes bibliographical references (p. xx)
LCCN
75171998
LCSH
Hawaiians