A R Radcliffe-Brown, Daryll Forde

African Systems of Kinship and Marriage

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1950 and this edition in 1987, this book is one of the most wide-ranging and respected surveys on kinship and marriage in African social life. In his introduction, Radcliff-Brown provides a masterly analysis of the main features of African kinship systems and the theoretical problems arising from the study of them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781138926158
• ISBN-10: 1138926159
• Artikelnr.: 42458839

Autorenporträt

A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, Daryll Forde

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; List of Illustrations; Introduction 1. Kinship among the Swazi 2.
Nyakyusa Kinship 3. Kinship and Marriage among the Tswana 4. Kinship and
Marriage among the Lozi of Northern Rhodesia and the Zulu of Natal 5. Some
Types of Family Structure amongst the Central Bantu 6. Kinship and Marriage
among the Ashanti 7. Double Descent among the Yakö 8. Dual Descent in the
Nuba Hills 9. Kinship and the Local Community among the Nuer; Index