Book
The lineage principle in Gusii society
Published for the International African Institute by the Oxford University Press • London • Published In 1949 • Pages: 35
By: Mayer, Philip.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a detailed study of the role and function of the lineage or EGESAKU as the author observed it in Gusii society of the late 1940s. Additional information is also provided on the relationship of the lineage to the clan (ABAAMATE), to the mourning group called the 'people of shaving' (ABANYAMATATI), and to the tribal group as a whole.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Social relationships and groups
- Regulation of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Household
- Lineages
- Clans
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gusii
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- 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.
- Sociologist
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1946-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1946-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Nyanza District, Republic of Kenya, East Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Philip Mayer
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79320820
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)