Reciprocity and Stability of Caste in Guatemala
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5247451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melvin Tumin, Melvin M Tumin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1949 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17 |
| Publication date | 1949-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2086441 |
| OpenAlex | W2330049556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
T HE SITUATION I wish to report here concerns the pueblo of San Luis Jilotepeque, a small, relatively isolated community in the interior of Guatemala, about go miles from Guatemala City, inhabited, at the time of my studies there, by about 3500 people of whom some i ioo were Ladinos, or people of presumptive Spanish descent, and 2400 of whom were Indians (or mixed-Indian and Ladino) of Maya-Quiche descent.1 Intrinsically, the community is no more nor less significant or interesting than any other community which might be chosen at random. It does have considerable sociological significance of a sort, however, for it represents one of those Pango-Pango situations, of which some anthropologists are so fond, because it can be cited as a local exception to some generally prevailing hypotheses. For instance, it is generally agreed that here is a situation of caste-relations between people of different genetic and cultural origins where there is a minimum of conflict. Moreover, the superordinate caste, the Ladinos, are in a distinct numerical minority
Caste · Economics · Political science · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Sociology · Stability (learning theory · Anthropology · Computer Science · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1950 - 2001 (52) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |