essay
The Gusii family
family estate in Africa : studies in the role of property in family structure and lineage continuity • [london] • Published In 1964 • Pages: 63-82
By: LeVine, Robert Alan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study presents a summary of the ideals and norms which operate in the developmental processes of Gusii domestic groups -- the homestead, the nuclear or polygynous family, and the extended family. The document describes in detail the structure and function of each of these groups as found in the contemporary (1970s) community of Nyansongo in southwestern Kenya.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Mode of marriage
- Household
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Lineages
- Clans
- Social readjustments to death
- 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
- essay
- 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nyaribari, community of Nyansongo (a pseudonym), southwestern Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert A. LeVine
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 82)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64055273
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)