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On the irrelevance of the segmentary lineage model in the Moroccan Rif
American anthropologist • 91 (2) • Published In 1989 • Pages: 386-400
By: Munson, Henry.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article argues against David Hart's use of the segmentary lineage model for understanding the social structure of pre-colonial Rif society. It shows that David Hart overlooked the fact that violence in Moroccan Rif typically involved brothers and the sons of brothers in competition for inherited land, which was a commodity controlled by individuals, not lineages. It argues that what Hart depicted as a segmentary lineage system was actually a network of factions that cut across genealogical lines. Moreover, the political impact of the Moroccan state on the pre-colonial Rif was far more important than Hart suggested.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Community councils
- Inter-community relations
- Ethos
- Kin relationships
- Lineages
- Localized kin groups
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Social control
- Social relationships and groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Berbers of Morocco
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1976-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900-1989
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rif, Morocco
- NotesAdditional notes
- Henry Munson, Jr.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-400)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Rif (Morocco)