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The divine kingship of the Shilluk of the Nilotic Sudan
At the University Press • Cambridge [england] • Published In 1948 • Pages: iv, 40
By: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an account of Shilluk kingship with particular emphasis on structural and ritual aspets. Although the author, a social anthropologist, has done fieldwork in the Sudan he has had only limited first hand contact with the Shilluk. The study is based on secondary materials. Comments on earlier interpretations of Shilluk kingship and a general theory of divine kingship are presented. A bibliography is included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Chief executive
- Form and rules of government
- Territorial hierarchy
- Status, role, and prestige
- Community structure
- Lineages
- Localized kin groups
- Kin relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shilluk
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Betty Potash ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- by E. E. Evans-Pritchard
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-40)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 49003600
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shilluk (African people)--Kings and rulers