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The Nuer: tribe and clan
Sudan notes and record • 16 (1) • Published In 1933 • Pages: 1-53
By: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, the author describes the social and political organization of the Nuer. In particular, the relationship between lineage organization, on the one hand, and tribal and sub-tribal organization, on the other, is explored. Similarly, the relationship between lineage organization and community structure is examined. The confusion in social terminology resulting from these relationships is explained in detail. Five maps illustrate the location and migratory movements of the Nuer and their various tribes and segments.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Status, role, and prestige
- Lineages
- Clans
- Tribe and nation
- Community structure
- Territorial hierarchy
- 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
- article
- 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
- 1930-1931
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1923-1931
- 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
- diagrams are numbered to 9 and number 6 is missing from the original
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- unk83015138
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nuer (African people)