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Ila property relations and political processes
Local-level politics; social and cultural perspectives • Chicago • Published In 1968 • Pages: 95-105 P.
By: Tuden, Arthur.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay is an examination of the relationships between cattle ownership and political processes among the Ila. Unlike societies with a dominant cash economy and marked differences in access to productive capacities, the Ila rely on cattle as mediums of exchanges that occur in a kinship context of gift giving and ceremonial transactions. Yet, the author observes that kinship obligations do not prevent some ambitious Ila men from accumulating more property than others by manipulating transactions. The focus is on important methods of accumulating property and their political implications.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Cultural identity and pride
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Domesticated animals
- Property in movables
- Exchange transactions
- Medium of exchange
- Manipulative mobility
- Accumulation of wealth
- Kin relationships
- Saving and investment
- Social relationships and groups
- Inter-community relations
- Mode of marriage
- Gift giving
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Ila
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2014
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1953-1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1920-1968
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Namwala and Itezhi-Tezhi districts, Southern Province, Zambia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Arthur Tuden
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 105)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68019876
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ila (African people)