The highland Chontal
By: by Paul R. Turner.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: Chontal Indians.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 95-96.
Table of contents: title: Background. National relationships -- State relationships --District relationships -- Regional relationships -- Village relationships -- Social system. Polity. Election -- Duties -- Legal system -- Family. Courtship and marriage -- Houses -- Birth -- Childhood -- Adolescence -- Adulthood -- Death -- Economy. Technological complexity -- Division of labor -- Land tenure -- Plants and agriculture -- Livestock, hunting, and trade -- Wealth differences -- Cultural system. Language -- Ideology. World view -- Disease -- Witchcraft -- Religion. Private ritual -- Public ritual -- Personality system. Individual personality -- Typical psychological characteristics. Socialization in the family -- Psychological characteristics -- Folklore and psychology -- Cultural change. Internal dissatisfactions -- Attempts at cultural change. Successful attempt -- Unsuccessful attempt -- Effects on me -- References -- Recommended reading.