Adoption on Mokil

Weckler, J. E. (October 1953). "Adoption on Mokil". American Anthropologist. 55 (4): 555–568. doi:10.1525/aa.1953.55.4.02a00080. ISSN 1548-1433 0002-7294, 1548-1433 .

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Abstract: MwoakilloaTHE adoption of children is a major means by 'which adults can alter the membership of that basic social unit, the elementary family. We may con- sequently expect that, where adoption is frequently resorted to, it will have important effects on the structure of the society and on the personality dy- namics of the people involved. The comparative study of the role of adoption in diverse societies will increase our insight into the functions of the family in society. Polynesia and Micronesia offer one of the most fertile fields for such investigation, since adoption is known to be particularly common there...

Mokil (Mwoakilloa) lies in the eastern Caroline Islands, at 60 39' N. and 1590 53' E., ahout eighty-five miles easterly from Ponape (Pohnpei). It is a tiny shield-shaped atoll with maximum dimensions of a little over two miles north and south and about one and a third miles, east and west, inclusive of. the lagoon. The total land area, less than half a square mile, is divided between three islets: Kadap, Urok and Manton. Kadap is located on the northeast sector of the reef; the Mokilese live along its lagoon shore where they are protected from the prevail ing northeasterly trade winds. Most of the dwellings are concentrated on the northern half of the islet but there are scattered houses to the extreme southern tip.

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