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choice and strategy in an urban compadrazgo 1
Author(s) -
MIDDLETON DEWIGHT R.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1975.2.3.02a00070
Subject(s) - normative , perspective (graphical) , institution , sociology , epistemology , positive economics , conceptual framework , social science , philosophy , economics , computer science , artificial intelligence
Compadrazgo is an exhaustively documented institution from a normative and functional perspective, but recent analyses have been invigorated by several investigators trying to develop conceptual frameworks and hypotheses more appropriate to the main currents of contemporary ethnological theory. This study of an urban compadrazgo examines godparent choices (N = 339) with respect to certain social and spatial distance variables and discusses the significance of the findings to recent theoretical developments.