Book
Some aspects of marriage and the family among the Nuer
The Rhodes-Livingstone Institute • (11) • Published In 1945 • Pages: 70
By: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The bulk of this monograph is concerned with the institution known as 'ghost marriage,' that is, the marriage of a woman to the name of a deceased man. The mechanics of this institution and related institutions such as levirate marriage are explained in detail. The author relates them functionally to the general principles of Nuer social organization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Inheritance
- Marriage
- Household
- Family relationships
- Kinship
- Rule of descent
- Social readjustments to death
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Nuer
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Arthur Fields ; 1957
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1931, 1936
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1936
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sobat Province, South Sudan; Jonglei Province, South Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- By E. E. Evans-Pritchard
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nuer (African people)