Book
The genuine Shona: survival values of an African culture
Mambo Press • Gwelo, Rhodesia • Published In 1973 • Pages:
By: Gelfand, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of values, particularly the moral values, which have enabled the Shona to survive and to retain their basic identity over several centuries in a hostile environment. The author discusses etiquette, ethics, and morality as they are applied to concepts of brotherhood, family, and neighborliness. This book also contains information on cosmology, religion, the spirit world, character, personality, and marriage. The final chapter provides some interesting data on the urban Shona and the changes in their culture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethics
- Etiquette
- Ethos
- Cosmology
- General character of religion
- Eschatology
- Magicians and diviners
- Revelation and divination
- Social personality
- Urban and rural life
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physician
- 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
- 1967-1972
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1967-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northeastern Zimbabwe
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Michael Gelfand
- Includes index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75303899
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shona (African people)--Social life and customs