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Reciprocal clan relationships among the Bemba of N. E. Rhodesia
Man • 37 • Published In 1937 • Pages: 188-193
By: Richards, Audrey I. (Audrey Isabel).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a short article concerning the origin and function of ritual clan relationships among the Bemba and the closely allied Bisa. Each clan is not systematically paired, but often has a number of different partners linked by the apparently arbitrary factor of the clan name. The relationship implies ritual interdependence; a partnership of enemies, expressed in ritual; traditional jokes and freedom in daily intercourse; and preferential marriage claims (no longer practiced).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Clans
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bemba
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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
- Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1930-1934
- 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)
- Zambia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Audrey I. Richards
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf80000548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bemba (African people)