The Ainu of the northwest coast of southern Sakhalin.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Ethnology -- Russia (Federation) -- Sakhalin; Ainu
Notes: Bibliography: p. 123-126.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Who are the Ainu? : an enigma -- Sakhalin Ainu : their past on Sakhalin -- Sakhalin : location and natural habitat -- Sakhalin Ainu after World War II -- Fieldwork -- Scope of this book -- Economic activities during the cold season. Hunting and trapping of land mammals -- Sea mammal hunting -- Ice fishing -- Economic activities during the warm season. Fishing -- Plant gathering -- The Ainu house -- Daily work. Men’s jobs : carving and the care of sled dogs -- Women’s jobs : sewing, weaving, and cooking -- Games, music, dancing, and storytelling -- Birth -- Infancy -- Childhood -- Young adulthood -- Growing up to be a young man -- Growing up to be a young woman -- Marriage -- Procreation -- Young adulthood : a preparatory stage -- The aged -- Death : the end of human life in this world. Funerals : deaths inside a house -- A funeral for a chief -- The world of the dead Ainu -- Funerals : deaths outside a house -- Ainu society. The northwest coast -- Individual settlements -- Kinship and marriage -- Intersettlement relationships -- Criteria for social ranking -- Beliefs, rituals, and world view. Soul owners -- Deities. Deities of the shore -- Mountain deities -- Sea deities -- Sky deities -- Concept of deities -- Demons -- Relations among deities, demons, and human beings -- Shamanism -- Epilogue -- Glossary.