Book
Zulu transformations: a study of the dynamics of social change
University of Natal Press • Pietermaritzburg • Published In 1962 • Pages:
By: Vilakazi, Absolom.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study of the Nyuswa Reserve Zulu is based on fieldwork done in the mid-1950s by a Zulu anthropologist. It is the author's contention that '…Christianity and education which always went together have … been the most conspicuous factors of [culture] change' (p. 136). This theme recurs throughout the source as the author compares and contrasts Christians with those he call 'Traditionalists' or 'pagans.' The main topics covered in this study of social change are kinship and marriage, social organization, status and prestige, religious practices, and education.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural participation
- Talent mobility
- Gender status
- Status, role, and prestige
- Arranging a marriage
- Household
- Family relationships
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Clans
- Districts
- Provinces
- Religious denominations
- Missions
- Education system
- Adolescent activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- Indigenous Person
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; Martin Malone ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1956-1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca.1688-1957
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nyuswa Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Absolom Vilakazi
- 'Originally presented as a PH. D. thesis to the University of Natal.'
- Information on 'neighborhoods' and the headmen of neighborhoods within the reserve have been indexed for Districts (634)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63036287
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)