Book
The Shona peoples: an ethnography of the contemporary Shona, with special reference to their religion
Mambo Press • 1 • Published In 1976 • Pages: 399
By: Bourdillon, M. F. C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work, based on the author's year and a half of fieldwork in a Shona community, presents a brief study of the cultural history of the Shona people followed by more detailed data on traditional and contemporary life with particular reference to kinship, marriage and the family, agriculture, political organization, law, religion and magical beliefs, medicine, labor migrations, and urbanization. The source leans heavily toward religious beliefs and practices with emphasis on witchcraft, death and the afterlife, the spirit world, and the traditional (or tribal) vs. contemporary religion of the people. The final chapter also provides some interesting insights into the effects urbanization upon the Shona.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- History
- Kinship terminology
- Clans
- Lineages
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Public welfare
- Urban and rural life
- Districts
- Community structure
- Chief executive
- Judicial authority
- Magicians and diviners
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- 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
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Missionary
- 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; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1969-1970
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1969-1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Zimbabwe
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Michael F.C. Bourdillon
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-388)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77376315
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shona (African people)
- Shona (African people)--Religion