African societies

著者

• Mair, Lucy Philip

書誌事項

African societies

[by] Lucy Mair

Cambridge University Press, 1974

• : pbk

注記

Bibliography: p. 245-246

内容説明・目次

内容説明

In African Societies, Lucy Mair unites the two main strands of anthropology teaching: the discussion and illustration of the various analytical concepts used by anthropologists in the study of social systems; and ethnography - the detailed study of particular societies, nowadays obtained by participant observation. All societies discussed are in sub-Saharan Africa. This 1977 book will be of great use to students of social anthropology studying ethnography. Presenting as it does brief ethnographic accounts of a wide variety of African societies, as well as exemplifications and discussions of many theoretical concepts, the book offers the reader quick and easy access to a large body of information which previously had to be mined from a large number of monographs.

目次

• 1. African societies
• 2. Food-gatherers: the Mbuti Pygmies
• 3. Nomad herdsmen: the Karimojong
• 4. Cultivators: the Gwembe Tonga
• 5. Agnatic descent: the Tallensi
• 6. Matrilineal descent: the Lele
• 7. Matrilineal descent: the Plateau Tongo
• 8. Double unilineal descent: the Yakoe
• 9. Cognatic descent: the Ndendeuli
• 10. An acephalous political system: the Nuer
• 11. Law in an age-based political system: the Arusha
• 12. Kingdoms
• 13. Checks and balances: Benin
• 14. Stratified policies: Rwanda and Burundi
• 15. Old wine in new bottles: Bunyoro and Buganda
• 16. Religion and Society: the Dinka
• 17. Religion and science: the Kalabari
• 18. Witchcraft and oracles: the Azande
• 19. Witchcraft and morals: the Nyakyusa
• References
• Index.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA18581676
• ISBN:
  • 0521204429
  • 0521098548
• LCCN: 73093398
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge
• ページ数/冊数: v, 251 p.
• 大きさ: 22 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : GN645
  • DC : 301.29/6
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Ethnology -- Africa, Sub-Saharan