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Analysis of a social situation in modern Zululand
Bantu studies • 14 • Published In 1940 • Pages: 1-30, 147-174
By: Gluckman, Max.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source contains a sociological analysis of the social organization of KwaZulu-Natal as a single system composed of two 'color groups' each of which is internally subdivided. Gluckman attempts to show how the systematic interrelationships create conflict as well as cooperation among social groups, leading to both change and stability in the social system. Basically the article is concerned with theoretical issues and such data as are presented are chosen to illustrate the argument. The data are largely confined to a micro-description of two brief events involving interaction between Zulus and Europeans.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Public welfare
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Chief executive
- Provinces
- Cultural participation
- Territorial hierarchy
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- 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 ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1936-1938
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700s-1938
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Districts of Nongoma, Mahlabatini, Hlabisa, Ubombo, Ingwayuma, Ngotshe, and Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Max Gluckman
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 35011239
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)