African Societies
- Author: Lucy Mair
- Date Published: September 1974
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521098540
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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.
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- Date Published: September 1974
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521098540
- length: 260 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.34kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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 Yakö
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
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