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Visiting relations and social interactions between residential groups of the Central Kalahari San: hunter-gatherer camps as a micro-territory
African Study Monographs • 8 (4) • Published In 1988 • Pages: 173-211
By: Sugawara, Kazuyoshi.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source presents the results of a study of visiting and greeting interactions involving the members of the camps of the sedentary community of !Koi!kom in the Kade area of Botswana. The author examines differences between male and female visiting patterns, the economic transactions occurring during visiting, and the relationship between the nature of greeting interactions and social distance.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Visiting and hospitality
- Etiquette
- Community structure
- Proxemics
- Social relationships and groups
- 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
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1982-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- !Koi!kom, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kazuyoshi Sugawara
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-211)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82641558
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)