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Social and economic organisation of the Rowanduz KurdsBook 1940 • Leach, Edmund Ronald
Kurds • Middle East > Middle East
Having spent a short time among the Rowanduz Kurds in 1938, Leach wrote this cultural resume, with apology, to fill the need for such a work. In this summary of the culture Leach manages to include a great deal of factual information, and to give som...Political systems of highland BurmaBook 1954 • Leach, Edmund Ronald
Kachin • Asia > Southeast Asia
This book is concerned with the Kachin and Shan population of North-East Burma. By the author's admission, the ethnographic information is neither detailed nor new, but rather serves as a vehicle for demonstrating what Leach describes as an oscillati...The structure of symbolismessay 1972 • Leach, Edmund Ronald
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This source is a reevaluation of the analysis presented in 81: Bott. Leach intends to demonstrate that a structuralist analysis can 'avoid making symbolic substitutions which are not already quite overtly specified in the evidence' (p. 240) which is ...Appendixessay 1972 • Leach, Edmund Ronald
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This source is a brief comparison of patrilineal and matrilineal succession in relation to the mythological and kinship relationships between Tongan chiefs and MATAPULES (ceremonial attendants)....