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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Tuden, Arthur
Title:
Ila property relations and political processes
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Local-level politics; social and cultural perspectives,
edited by Marc J. Swartz
Published By: Original publisher
Local-level politics; social and cultural perspectives,
edited by Marc J. Swartz
Chicago: Aldine Pub. Co.. 1968. 95-105 P.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Arthur Tuden
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2015. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Ila (FQ06)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ethos (181);
Cultural identity and pride (186);
Functional and adaptational interpretations (182);
Domesticated animals (231);
Property in movables (422);
Exchange transactions (437);
Medium of exchange (436);
Manipulative mobility (557);
Accumulation of wealth (556);
Kin relationships (602);
Saving and investment (454);
Social relationships and groups (571);
Inter-community relations (628);
Mode of marriage (583);
Gift giving (431);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay is an examination of the relationships between
cattle ownership and political processes among the Ila. Unlike societies with a dominant
cash economy and marked differences in access to productive capacities, the Ila rely on
cattle as mediums of exchanges that occur in a kinship context of gift giving and
ceremonial transactions. Yet, the author observes that kinship obligations do not prevent
some ambitious Ila men from accumulating more property than others by manipulating
transactions. The focus is on important methods of accumulating property and their
political implications.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
9
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
fq06-009
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 105)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1953-1962
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Anthropologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Teferi Abate Adem; 2014
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1920-1968
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Namwala and Itezhi-Tezhi districts, Southern
Province, Zambia
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ila (African people)
