| Description |
1 online resource |
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African ethnographic studies of the 20th century ; volume 27 |
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African ethnographic studies of the 20th century ; volume 27.
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| Contents |
Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Epigraph; FOREWORD; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY; The Natural Environment of the Tollend; Cultural Affinities of the Tallensi; General Characteristics of the Tallensi; British Rule and Contact with Western Civilization; CHAPTER II THE MEANING OF 'TALLENSI'; Tribal Divisions; Cultural Segmentation of the Tallensi; The 'Real Talis'; Nomenclature and the Structural Scheme; Myths of Origin; The Major Cleavage in Tale Society; CHAPTER III PARADIGM OF THE LINEAGE SYSTEM |
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CHAPTER IV CLANSHIP: THE NAMOOSThe Dispersion of Mosuor biis; The Chain of Sub-clans; The Critical Norms of Clanship; Mosuor biis: a Maximal Lineage; The Lineage Principle in the Structure of the Clan; The Internal Differentiation of the Clan: (A) Sie; The Internal Differentiation of the Clan: (B) Tongo and the Status of Accessory Lineages; The Nexus of Clanship Ties; The Field of Clanship; CHAPTER V THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NAMOOS; The Distinctive Ritual Observances of the Namoos; Significance of the Totemic Taboos of the Namoos; Other Namoo Clans; The Meaning of 'Namoo' |
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CHAPTER VI THE STRUCTURAL RELATIONS OF THE TALISA General Point; The Clan Structure of Zubiun; Ritual Differentiation and Integration of Zubiun; Linked Maximal Lineages and the Field of Clanship; The Gradation of Clanship Ties; The Pattern of Clanship among the Talis; The Mesh of Clanship among the Talis; Quasi-Clanship: Joking Partnership; Privileged Moral Coercion; The Rationalization of Clanship Ties; CHAPTER VII CLANSHIP AND RITUAL COLLABORATION; The Significance of Sacrificing Together; Ritual Relations in Namoo Clans |
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Ritual Collaboration among the Talis: The External Bɔyar and the EarthThe Underlying Principles of Ritual Collaboration; The Scheme of R itual Collaboration among the Hill Talis; The Network of Ritual Ties between Talis Clans; Native Thought and the Realities of Social Structure; The Network of Structural Ties among the Gɔrisi and in the Sie District; CHAPTER VIII TOTEMISM AMONG THE TALIS AND OTHER NON-NAMOOS; The Unity of all the Talis; Funeral Customs as Criteria of Social Alinement among Talis Clans; Totemic Avoidances and Clanship Ties; Totemic Myths |
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The Totemic Avoidances of the Talis as a Reflex of the Social StructureTotemic Taboos and the Patrilineal Principle; Totems, Clanship, and External Bɔyar; The Significance of Animals as Totems; Taboos of the Earth; Functional Differentiation and its Symbolism; CHAPTER IX THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN THE CLAN ORGANIZATION; The Concept of a Clanswoman; Institutionalized Recognition of a Clanswoman's Status; CHAPTER X THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF A SETTLEMENT; Introduction; Types of Settlement and Distribution of Population; The Stability and Continuity of a Settlement |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 22, 2018) |
| Subject |
Tallensi (African people)
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry.
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Tallensi (African people)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Institute of African Languages and Cultures.
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| ISBN |
9780429490231 |
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0429490232 |
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9780429954283 |
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042995428X |
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9780429954290 |
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0429954298 |
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9780429954276 |
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0429954271 |
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