The Yao Jua Relationship
Patterns of Affinal Alliance and Residence among the Hmong of Northern Thailand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2733352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert G Cooper (0000-0001-8951-1541, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 173 |
| Publication date | 1979-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1828 • E-ISSN: 2160-3510 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3773289 |
| OpenAlex | W226949353 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Hmong kinship terminology includes many affinal relationships which denote links between otherwise discrete exogamous patriclans. I suggest that the most significant of these relationships is the yao jua alliance formed between a man and his wife's father. This paper sets out the boundaries of the relationship and suggests that the yao jua is a key factor in an explanation of the particular response of the Hmong to a situation of resource scarcity which is making it increasingly difiicult to continue swidden cultivation and associated patterns of movement and settlement. The yao jaa is also the only structural relationship that offers an explanation for the apparent contradiction between clan norms for household location and the multi-clan reality of contemporary village composi
Alliance · Archaeology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Residence · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Demography · History · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 1995 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |