Book
The Nuer: a description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a Nilotic people
At the Clarendon press • Oxford • Published In 1940 • Pages:
By: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan).
Abstract
Evans-Pritchard presents an analytical description of the Nuer, focusing on political structure and function: the Nuer are an 'acephalous kinship state.' The ecological information is well detailed in respect the transhumance and annual cycle. Extensive ethnographic detail on material culture, rituals, etc. has been omitted in favor of general description of tribal and lineage segmentation and political functions of Leopard Skin chiefs, Prophets, etc. In 1957, the author was Professor of Social Anthropology at Oxford University. A student of Radcliffe-Brown, he was a distinguished exponent of the British functional approach in its emphasis on the structural-functional analysis of social organization. He also studied other Sudan peoples of East Africa, particularly the Azande, and the Muslim nomadic pastoralists and Sanusi sect of Libya. He also made contributions to general ethnological theory.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Louise Sweet ; 1957
- Field Date
- 1931-1936
- Coverage Date
- 1930-1936
- Coverage Place
- Sobat and Jonglei Provinces, Sudan
- Notes
- By E. E. Evans-Pritchard
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- a 40003181
- LCSH
- Nuer (African people)