Life in a Haitian Valley
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Life in a Haitian Valley is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits that examines Haitian rural life, culture, and African cultural survivals.
All labels observed (1)
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| Life in a Haitian Valley canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T792399 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life in a Haitian Valley Context triple: [Melville J. Herskovits, notableWork, Life in a Haitian Valley]
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Haiti After the Earthquake
"Haiti After the Earthquake" is a nonfiction book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines the 2010 Haiti earthquake’s devastation and the country’s long-term struggles through a blend of personal narrative, medical insight, and social critique.
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B.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
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C.
Middle Ward
Middle Ward is the central section of Windsor Castle, dominated by the Round Tower and serving as a key defensive and symbolic core of the fortress.
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D.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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E.
Les Habitants
Les Habitants is a traditional French nickname for the Montreal Canadiens, one of the oldest and most storied franchises in National Hockey League history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life in a Haitian Valley Target entity description: Life in a Haitian Valley is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits that examines Haitian rural life, culture, and African cultural survivals.
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A.
Haiti After the Earthquake
"Haiti After the Earthquake" is a nonfiction book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines the 2010 Haiti earthquake’s devastation and the country’s long-term struggles through a blend of personal narrative, medical insight, and social critique.
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B.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
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C.
Middle Ward
Middle Ward is the central section of Windsor Castle, dominated by the Round Tower and serving as a key defensive and symbolic core of the fortress.
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D.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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E.
Les Habitants
Les Habitants is a traditional French nickname for the Montreal Canadiens, one of the oldest and most storied franchises in National Hockey League history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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ethnographic study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African diaspora studies
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Caribbean studies ⓘ anthropology ⓘ |
| author | Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ |
| contributor | Melville J. Herskovits ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus | Haiti ⓘ |
| describes |
Haitian Vodou practices
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agricultural practices in Haitian valleys ⓘ kinship patterns in rural Haiti ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Afro-American studies
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cultural anthropology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
African retentions in Haitian culture
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economic life in Haitian countryside ⓘ peasant communities in Haiti ⓘ religious practices in rural Haiti ⓘ social organization in Haitian villages ⓘ |
| genre |
anthropology
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ethnography ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later ethnographies of Haiti
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studies of African diaspora cultures ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Boasian anthropology tradition ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
classic work in Haitian ethnography
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foundational text on African cultural survivals in the Americas ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African cultural survivals
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Haitian culture ⓘ Haitian rural life ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of African cultural survivals in the New World
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classic status in Caribbean ethnography ⓘ detailed description of Haitian peasant life ⓘ |
| setIn | Haitian valley region ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 20th century Haiti ⓘ |
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