Book
The politics of kinship: a study in social manipulation among the lakeside Tonga of Nyasaland
Published on behalf of The Rhodes-Livingston Institute (University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) by the Manchester University Press ; and in the U.S.A. by Humanities Press, Inc. • Manchester [Eng.] • Published In 1964 • Pages:
By: Van Velsen, J..
Abstract
A superb ethnography on Lakeshore Tonga kinship and politics, which employs a situational analysis approach. The study shows how leaders to the extent possible attract followers and augment or maintain power by manipulating lineage and affinal connections, bridewealth debt, cross-cousin marriage, access to land and marital residence. Van Velsen analysizes several case studies, including ‘Meya's Death,’ expertly accounting for the different behavior of individuals and groups.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2001
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Southern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard;1999
- Field Date
- 1952-1955
- Coverage Date
- 1930-1952
- Coverage Place
- Nkhata Bay district, Northern Province, Malawi
- Notes
- by J. van Velsen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-330)
- LCCN
- 64005609
- LCSH
- Ethnology--Malawi