book chapter
Unity and disunity: Cottica Djuka society as a kinship system
maroon societies : rebel slave communities in the americas • Baltimore • Published In 1979 • Pages: 320-369
By: Köbben, A. J. F..
Abstract
This is a good summary of Ndyuka social organization. The author discusses the Ndyuka kinship system, ancestors, avenging spirits, marriage and residence patterns, succession of headmen, inheritance, and kinship terminology. He identifies the three major social groups in Ndyuka society as the matrilineage ('belly people'), 'father's children,' and affines. The typical residence pattern is one of polylocality in which the husband rotates residence among his different wives who live in separate villages.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field Date
- 1961-1962
- Coverage Date
- 1961-1964
- Coverage Place
- Suriname
- Notes
- A. J. F. Köbben
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 368-369)
- LCCN
- 79016806
- LCSH
- Djuka people