Book
Bemba-speaking women of Zambia in a century of religious change (1892-1992)
E. J. Brill • 11 • Published In 1994 • Pages: xiv, 224
By: Hinfelaar, Hugo F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study, Hinfelaar focuses on the role of women in the religion of the Bemba. He accomplishes this goal by presenting a description of their traditional religion which existed until missionary contact in the late nineteenth century. Bemba traditional religion centered around a 'house cult' of which women were at the head. Hinfelaar then provides a history of key developments in the Bemba conversion to Christianity focusing attention on the effects that Christianity had on the roles of women.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender status
- Religious beliefs
- Ecclesiastical organization
- Cult of the dead
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Puberty and initiation
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Cleric
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ronald N. Johnson ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1958-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1892-1992
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Zambia
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Hugo F. Hinfelaar
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-212) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94026031
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bemba (African people)