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Sharing in an egalitarion Kalahari community
Man (N.S.)The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute • 28 (3) • Published In 1993 • Pages: 479-514
By: Kent, Susan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
A strong egalitarianism permeates Basarwa society, according to Kent, which forms the basis of their sharing practices. This egalitarianism extends to gender relations as well. Kent examines the hunting and sharing practices of six Kutse hunters and their families (See document no. 81 for another treatment of the same data.). She shows how sharing is not so much economically driven than as a means to actualize social relationships based on kinship and friendship. Sharing networks form the basis of Basarwa social organization and are the 'adhesive that holds the society together (page 506).'
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Hunting and trapping
- Gender status
- Social relationships and groups
- Household
- Kin relationships
- Community structure
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1987-1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1987-1991
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kutse, Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Susan Kent
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-514)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 0025001496
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)