Keresan Bridge - A Problem in Pueblo Ethnology

Informationen zum Autor Robin Fox, formerly a lecturer at the London School of Economics, just been appointed Professor of Anthrology at Rutgers University. Klappentext An excursion into American Indian culture history by a British social anthropologist. This book examines theories of the development of different Pueblo social structures, paying attention to Eggan. It concludes that the theory that all Pueblos were derived from a common base is not tenable, and that a diversity of origins is more probable. Zusammenfassung This is an unusual excursion into American Indian culture history by a British social anthropologist. It examines theories of the development of different Pueblo social structures, with particular attention to Eggan. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I. THE PUEBLOS 1. THE KERESAN BRIDGE 3 2. THE THEORIES 23 PART II. COCHITI 3. SOCIAL STRUCTURE 5I 4. KINSHIP STRUCTURE 70 5. GENEALOGICAL EVIDENCE 89 6. DISCUSSION 119 7. KINSHIP TERMS: (I) MEANINGS 136 8. KINSHIP TERMS: (2) HISTORY I65 CONCLUSION 186 APPENDIX: THE TOWA PUEBLO OF JEMEZ 200 LIST OF WORKS CITED 205INDEX 211

Product details

• Authors: R. Fox, Robin Fox
• Assisted by: Laura Bear (Editor)
• Publisher: Black A&C Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9781845200015
• ISBN: 978-1-84520-001-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: London School of Economics Mon; London School of Economics Mon; LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology; Lse Monographs on Social Anthr
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous