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Terms of kinship and corresponding patterns of behaviour among the Thonga
Bantu studies • 3 (4) • Published In 1929 • Pages: 327-349
By: Jaques, Alexandre A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is concerned with terms of kinship and corresponding patterns of expected behavior among the Thonga of Southern Africa. It argues that a person who knows the kin term which unites him/her with another person will know at once what kind of social behavior is expected of him/her towards that person. The author tries to show this by discussing how in Thonga society individuals from different kinship categories behaved towards each other. One example of these relationships includes the complex set of expectations in Thonga culture governing a man's relationships with his mother's brother and vice versa.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- Family relationships
- Extended families
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Etiquette
- Ethics
- Avoidance and taboo
- Regulation of marriage
- Mutual aid
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tsonga
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Rev. A. A. Jaques
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 35011239
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tsonga (African peoples)