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The kin terminology system of the !Kung Bushmen
Africa • 27 • Published In 1957 • Pages: 1-25
By: Marshall, Lorna.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source deals with the kinship system of the Kung. The author discusses the principles underlying their kinship system, gives the terms used for various categories of kinsmen, and offers an interpretation of joking relations. In addition some material is provided on marriage regulations and on the importance of kinship for social solidarity. The author, an ethnologist, did field work in the area.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Naming
- Kinship terminology
- Kin relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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.
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Betty Potash ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950-1955
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1950-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- !Kung San, Nyae Nyae region, Namibia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lorna Marshall
- Summary in French
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)