Number of Documents

31

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Number of Pages

3077

Collection Overview

Documents referred to in this section are included in this eHRAF collection and are referenced by author, date of publication, and eHRAF document number.

The Chuuk file contains 30 documents. Most of the documents are based on research carried out during and after the 1947-1948 Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthropology project. An earlier work by a German missionary covers a variety of subjects including religion, language, and material culture (Bollig 1927, no. 22.) Material and technological aspects of Chuuk culture covered in the file include descriptions of Chuuk artifacts (LeBar 1963, no.3), canoe travel (Gladwin 1958, no. 20), and taro cultivation (Mahony 1960, no. 37.) An article on Chuuk medical concepts is also included (Mahony 1970, no. 25.) Discussions on sociopolitical organization and property are found in W. Goodenough (1951, no.1), LeBar (1964, no. 19), and J. Fischer (1958, no. 36.) W. Goodenough also looks at native astronomy (1953, no. 18), changes in property relations (1974, no. 30), and Chuuk origins (1986, no. 31.) Other works on social relationships include studies of friendship (Marshall, M. 1977, no. 32), siblingship (Marshall, M. 1981, no.34), and the use of social relationships in the mobilization of labor (Swartz 1962, no. 13.) An historical perspective is found in studies of the educational system under the Japanese (Fischer, J. 1961, no. 28), and on Chuuk personality and patterns of authority in relation to colonization (Swartz 1965, no. 40.) Other works on personality include an analysis of Chuuk personality (Gladwin and Sarason 1954, no. 2), and Chuuk character and prestige (Caughey 1977, no. 26.) Discussions of cultural change are found in studies of change in patterns of adoption (Goodenough, R. 1970, no. 29), infant feeding practices (Marshall, M. and L. 1984, no 43), and fertility (Marshall, L. 1982, no. 38.) Several works focus on the serious social problems of alcoholism (Marshall, M. 1979, 1988, nos. 33 and 39; Marshall, M. and L. 1990, no. 35), and suicide (Hezel 1984, 1987, nos. 41 and 42.) Other topics explored are sexual behavior and relationships (Swartz 1958, no. 12; Goodenough, W. 1949, no. 21) and ideas about sexual reproduction (Fischer, A. 1963, no. 23.) For more detailed information on the content of the individual works in this file, see the abstracts in the citations preceding each document.

This culture summary is from the article 'Truk,' by Ward H. Goodenough, in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, Vol. 2. 1991. Terence E. Hays, ed. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall & Co. The synopsis was written by Ian Skoggard, 1997.

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Ian Skoggard