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The terminology of kinship and marriage among the Yoruba
Africa • 28 • Published In 1958 • Pages: 301-313
By: Schwab, William B..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is an extension of the author's previous writing on kinship among the Yoruba (see 8: Schwab, this file) and is a detailed discussion of the terms and relationships among those persons whose kinship status has been affected by a marriage. This includes the principal couple and their affinal relatives. The author begins with a brief summary of Yoruba social organization, and presents some additional information on the lineage, polygynous family, widow remarriage, and related topics. The author is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Temple University. He conducted his field research in Oyo province in the city of Oshogbo.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kin relationships
- Kinship terminology
- Clans
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Secondary marriages
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Siblings-in-law
- Personal names
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Yoruba
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- George R. Bedell ; 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1949-1951
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1940-1958
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- William B. Schwab
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Yoruba (African people)