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The nature of kinship relations: the significance of the use of kinship terms among the Gusii
Published on behalf of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute by the Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Humanities Press • (37) • Published In 1965 • Pages: viii, 65
By: Mayer, Iona.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents a detailed analysis of Gusii kinship, the ways in which the Gusii use kinship terms, and the manner in which they extend classificatory terms thoughout the clan. The author's stated aim in this work is: '…to clarify a model of kinship relation, per se, as distinct from relations by clanship or anything else, and accordingly a model of 'kinship classification', 'kinship categories', and 'kinship behaviour', which will accomodate Gusii data without any stretching or squeezing' (p. 1).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1946-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1946-1949
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kavirondo Gulf region of Lake Victoria, western Kenya, East Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Iona Mayer
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 65)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 66008243
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)