ISBN:
9781315683416
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (IX, 398 Seiten)
,
illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals Ser.
DDC:
306.8/3/096
Keywords:
Kinship / Africa
;
Marriage customs and rites / Africa
;
Kinship - Africa
;
Electronic books
;
Africa / Social life and customs
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Half Title -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- KINSHIP AMONG THE SWAZI -- The clan -- The family unit -- The homestead -- Basic behaviour patterns -- husband and wife -- parent and child -- siblings -- Maternal and paternal kin -- paternal aunt and maternal uncle -- cousins -- grandparents -- Affines -- parents-in-law -- sisters-and brothers-in-law -- the groups -- Rank and kinship -- NYAKYUSA KINSHIP -- Introductory -- Kinship groups -- Kinship and locality -- Bonds of kinship and affinity -- Kinship and political organization -- General principles -- Maintenance of kinship and marriage relationships -- Relationship terms -- KINSHIP AND MARRIAGE AMONG THE TSWANA -- The social setting -- The kinship system -- Kinship terminology -- Prohibited and preferential mating -- Marriage regulations -- Secondary unions -- Frequency of kinship marriages -- Conclusions -- KINSHIP AND MARRIAGE AMONG THE LOZI OF NORTHERN RHODESIA AND THE ZULU OF NATAL -- Introduction -- Kinship structure and the affiliation of children -- Forms, conditions, and personal consequences of marriage -- Property consequences of marriage -- Marriage payment and the social structure -- SOME TYPES OF FAMILY STRUCTURE AMONGST THE CENTRAL BANTU -- Characteristics of matrilineal kinship organizations in Central Africa -- Varieties of family structure -- a. Mayombe-Kongo -- Economic determinants -- ideology and principles of descent and succession -- the marriage contract -- authority -- residential units -- b. i. Bemba-Bisa-Lamba group -- economic determinants -- ideology and principles of descent -- the marriage contract -- domestic authority -- residential units -- b. ii. Yao-Cewa group -- c. Ila type -- principles of descent and succession.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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