book chapter
The Nilotes of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and Uganda
International African Institute • (3) • Published In 1952 • Pages: i-viii, 1-4, 134-158, 190-193
By: Colson, Audrey Butt.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This survey presents a concise and accurate account of the existing knowledge on the Nuer society including such information as tribal groupings, physical environment, social and economic practices, and religious beliefs. Much of the material in this source is derived from Professor Evans-Pritchard's studies of the Nuer and may be regarded as a summary of his views.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Annual cycle
- Marriage
- Tribe and nation
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- Spirits and gods
- Magicians and diviners
- 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 chapter
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Robert Lee ; 1957
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- none
- 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 and Jonglei Provinces, Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Audrey Butt
- Series number corrected in manuscript.
- Bibliography, by E. E. Evans-Pritchard: p. 182-198
- Only pages i-viii, 1-4, 134-158, 190-193 were processed
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-193)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 53037498
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nuer (African people)