|Located in the REFERENCE collection (2nd fl Library) Call # 306 E561|
- Need to write a paper comparing the various cultural approaches to marriage or another issue?
- Want information to help you understand why ethnic groups in a particular country clash and go to war with each other?
You can do that! I'll show you how below.
HOW CAN I SEARCH THIS RESOURCE?
Search by Culture or Ethnic Group
|Article on the North Alaskan Eskimos|
You will find the following types of information about a culture:
- ORIENTATION: Identification, Location, Demography, Linguistic Affiliation
- HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS
- ECONOMY: Subsistence and Commercial Activities, Industrial Arts, Trade, Division of Labor, Land Tenure
- KINSHIP: Kin Groups and Descent, Kinship Terminology
- MARRIAGE AND FAMILY: Marriage, Domestic Unit, Inheritance, Socialization
- SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION: Social and Political Organization, Social Control, Conflict
- RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE: Religious Beliefs, Religious Practitioners, Ceremonies, Arts, Medicine, Death and Afterlife
- BIBLIOGRAPHY for further reading
|Section on the Economy of the North American Eskimos|
Search by Topic for a Cross-Cultural Comparison
Are you writing a paper or giving a presentation comparing marriage or some other aspect of a culture? This resource will help you do that. Simply look up your topic in the Subject Index of the INDEXES volume. Below you can see just a small piece of the section on Marriage in various cultures. The ethnic group will be listed under the subject (marriage by abduction in this case) followed by the volume number and page. For instance, to compare this topic between the Achangs and the Albanians you would need volume 6 page 418 and volume 4 pages 5-6. You can compare many subjects like gift exchange, initiation rites, polygyny, and so much more.
|Section on Marriage in INDEXES|
Need to know what cultures or ethnic groups make up a country? Need to compare ethnic groups within a country to show why they might clash? Consult the List of Cultures by Country in the INDEXES volume. You can see a piece of the entry for ethnic groups in Russia in the example below. The name of the ethnic group is listed followed by the volume and page number(s). For instance, the entry on the Aghuls in Russia is found in volume 6 pages 10-11.
|Section on Russia in INDEXES|
Search by Ethnonym
Has your professor given you an ethnonym to research? An ethnonym is the name of a people or ethnic group. Ethnic groups can be dispersed throughout the world. They may also go by various names. For instance, notice in the example below that the Gilbertese are found in Micronesia as well as Kiribati; and the Gikiyu are also called the Kikuyu. Use the Ethnonym Index in the INDEXES volume to look up a culture group. Note that you might need to use more than one volume of the Encyclopedia of World Cultures to be thorough. To find out about the Gilbertese you would need to use volume 1 and volume 2 according to the example below.
|Section of the Ethnonym Index in INDEXES|
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