Australian Kin Classification

Klappentext This study aims to resolve the century-old debate about the nature of Australian aboriginal societies. Zusammenfassung This study aims to resolve the century-old debate about the nature of Australian aboriginal societies. It was the first monographic treatment of the subject since Radcliffe-Brown's classic work! The Social Organization of the Australian Tribes! published in 1931! and is much more comprehensive and synthetic in its coverage of the range of variation in Australian systems of kin classification. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; List of figures; Preface; Map of tribal locations in Australia; 1. Preliminary considerations; 2. Types and varieties; 3. Pitjantjara; 4. Kariera-like systems; 5. Nyulnyul and Mardudhunera; 6. Karadjeri; 7. Arabana; 8. Yir Yoront and Murngin; 9. Walbiri and Dieri; 10. Ngarinyin; 11. An overview; 12. Kin classification and section systems; 13. Variation in subsection systems; 14. Kinship and the social order; Notes; References; Indexes.

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• Authors: Harold W. Scheffler, Harold W. (Yale University Scheffler
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.09.2007
• EAN: 9780521040525
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04052-5
• No. of pages: 592
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social an
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories