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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Baldus, Herbert, 1899-1970
Lillios, Ivana
Title:
The social position of the woman among the Eastern
Bororo
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Ensaios de etnologia Brasileira, by Herbert
Baldus
Published By: Original publisher
Ensaios de etnologia Brasileira, by Herbert
Baldus
Sao Paulo, Brazil: Companhia Editora Nacional. 1937.
112-162, 323-330 p., 16 plates (9-24) ill., [HRAF MS: 1, 1-53 p.]
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
by Herbert Baldus
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 1996. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Bororo (SP08)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Birth statistics (163);
Ornament (301);
Division of labor by gender (462);
Gender status (562);
Clans (614);
Moieties (616);
Sexual intercourse (833);
Abortion and infanticide (847);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay has two purposes. In terms of the data, it seeks
to demonstrate the social equality of Bororo women. In terms of method, it attempts to
point out that our interpretation of a situation may be faulty if it does not include how
the natives understand it and their reasons for behaving as they do. Baldus discusses
infanticide, sexual behavior, sexual division of labor, and mythology to demonstrate the
falsity of the European conclusion of a slavelike female status. Using brief comparisons
with other cultures, he points out for instance, that female infanticide may be interpreted
in two ways. It may show that males are more valued (and hence increases their proportion)
or that females are (the fewer there are, the greater their value). So the reasons must be
understood. He also mentions that contrary to other statements, female infanticide is not a
Bororo institution. Thus his essay is both a description of social relations among the
Bororo bolstered by evidence from a number of areas (values, sex, labor and myth) and a
cautionary essay on interpretation.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
5
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.
sp08-005
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English translation from Portuguese
Note:
Translation of: A posiçao social da mulher entre os
Bororo orientais.|The original Portuguese text is not included. Translated from the
original Portuguese for the HRAF files by Ivana Lillios Male-female relations have been
indexed for Gender Status (562).
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1934-1935
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-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Martin Malone ; 1975
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
not specified
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Eastern Bororo; Sao José, Sangradouro, Coraçao
de Jésus, and Meruri, Mato Grosso Province, Brazil
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Bororo Indians
