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Record Nr.

UNINA9910965751203321

Titolo

The family estate in Africa : studies in the role of property in family structure and lineage continuity / / edited by Robert F. Gray and P.H. Gulliver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-52905-5

1-136-52912-8

1-315-01724-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Africa ; ; VI

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography

Altri autori (Persone)

GrayRobert F

GulliverP. H

Disciplina

392.3096

Soggetti

Families - Africa

Kinship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1964.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; INTRODUCTION Robert F. Gray; THE SHAMBALA FAMILY E. V. Winans, Ph.D. (California); THE GUSII FAMILY Robert A. LeVine, Ph.D.(Harvard); FAMILY AND LINEAGE AMONG THE SuKu oF THE CoNGO Igor Kopytoff, Ph.D. (Northwestern); PROPERTY AND THE CYcLE oF DoMESTIC GRouPs IN TAITA Alfred Harris, Ph.D. (Cantab) and Grace Harris Ph.D. (Cantab); PROPERTY, CROSS-COUSIN MARRIAGE, AND THE FAMILY CYCLE AMONG THE LOBEDU Eileen Jensen Krige, D.Litt. (Witwatersrand)

THE ARUSHA FAMILY P. H. Gulliver, Ph.D. (London)SONJO LINEAGE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTY Robert F. Gray, Ph.D.(Chicago); SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Too often accounts of African family life have tended to describe the family in purely static terms. The contributors to this book emphasize the developmental or time dimension of the family, analysing it as a process. <BR> In the seven different societies described in East Africa, the Congo and the Transvaal the changing nature of the distribution of



rights in the family property and resources is directly linked with the growth and change of the family itself. <BR> First published in 1964.