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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Appell, Laura W. R.
Title:
Menstruation among the Rungus: an unmarked category
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Blood magic : the anthropology of menstruation, edited,
with an introduction by Thomas Buckley and Alma Gottlieb
Published By: Original publisher
Blood magic : the anthropology of menstruation, edited,
with an introduction by Thomas Buckley and Alma Gottlieb
Berkeley: University of California Press. 1988. 94-112,
265-266, 314-281 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Laura W. R. Appell
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2002. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Rungus Dusun (OC13)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Information sources listed in other works (113);
Gender status (562);
Mode of marriage (583);
Arranging a marriage (584);
Family relationships (593);
Menstruation (841);
Transmission of cultural norms (867);
Transmission of skills (868);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
According to Laura Appell, menstruation is an unmarked
category in Rungus culture. Little attention is paid to it. Girls are totally uninformed
and unprepared for it. There are no taboos surrounding it. It is not considered
polluting. Menstruating women are not secluded. Appell attributes this lack of attention
to gender symmetry in the Rungus culture. The document includes a 34-page bibliography
on the ethnology of menstruation.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
11
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.
oc13-011
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-314)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1959-1963
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.
Ian Skoggard ; 2000
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1959-1963
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Kudat District, Sabah, Malaysia
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Dusun (Bornean people)
