Book
Nyansongo: a Gusii community in Kenya
Wiley • 2 • Published In 1966 • Pages: xxxv, 204
By: LeVine, Robert Alan, Lloyd, Barbara B. (Barbara Bloom).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work presents a general ethnography of the Gusii community of Nyansongo in Kenya, East Africa, covering roughly the period of 1930-1957. Emphasis in the study is on the various degrees to which childhood experiences in the first years of life determine the child's behavior, and in adult life, influence his/her's perception of the world, philosophy of life, religion, and code of ethics. Theories of the relationship between specific types of treatment in early childhood and subsequent personality differences have been advanced by psychologists and anthropologists. It is the attempt of this monograph to test some of these hypotheses using as a basis of testing the relevant ethnographic data from Nyansongo often where families have divergent ways of life and theories and methods of training young children (p. v).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Drives and emotions
- Personality development
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Mode of marriage
- Household
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Lineages
- Clans
- Territorial hierarchy
- Sorcery
- Avoidance and taboo
- Infant care
- Child care
- Socialization
- 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.
- 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
- 1954-1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1957
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Community of Nyansongo (a pseudonym), South Nyanza District, Kenya, East Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Robert A. LeVine [and] Barbara B. LeVine
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 66018786
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)