book chapter
The Shona
Shona and Ndebele of Southern Rhodesia, by Hilda Kuper. The Ndebele. By A.J.B. Hughes and J. van Velsen • (4) • Published In 1954 • Pages: 9-40, 120-125
By: Kuper, Hilda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an excellent introduction to Shona ethnography. Tribal and subtribal identification, language, geography, demography, history, social and political organization, economy, and religion are all covered to some extent in this work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Tribe and nation
- Location
- Linguistic identification
- Topography and geology
- Population
- History
- External relations
- Clans
- Lineages
- Inheritance
- Arranging a marriage
- Regulation of marriage
- Age stratification
- Mode of marriage
- Real property
- Domesticated animals
- Hunting and trapping
- Community structure
- Districts
- Chief executive
- Judicial authority
- Spirits and gods
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Sorcery
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shona
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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 chapter
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1991
- 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
- 1920-1954
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Zimbabwe and Mozambique
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Hilda Kuper
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-40)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 55004467
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shona (African people)