The Web of Kinship Among the Tallensi
Meyer Fortes
The Web of Kinship Among the Tallensi : the First Part of an Analysis of the Social Structure of a Trans-Volta Tribe /Meyer Fortes - Abingdon,Oxen :Routledge Publishers ,2018 - 310 pages ;25 cm. - African Ethnographic studies of the 20th Century .
Originally published in 1945, this book analyses Tale social structure at the level of corporate group organization. Tale culture is discussed primarily as the content of social relations and not in its own right. Customs, beliefs, conventional usages, religious values are examined as indices of social relations. Although not a comparative study, it is clear that many features of Tale social organization are typical of patrilineal societies in West Africa and some Tale institutions have parallels in South, East, and Central Africa. Field work showed that every significant social activity among the Tallensi is tied up with the lineage system and the book therefore investigates the function of lineage in Tale social organization.
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The Web of Kinship Among the Tallensi : the First Part of an Analysis of the Social Structure of a Trans-Volta Tribe /Meyer Fortes - Abingdon,Oxen :Routledge Publishers ,2018 - 310 pages ;25 cm. - African Ethnographic studies of the 20th Century .
Originally published in 1945, this book analyses Tale social structure at the level of corporate group organization. Tale culture is discussed primarily as the content of social relations and not in its own right. Customs, beliefs, conventional usages, religious values are examined as indices of social relations. Although not a comparative study, it is clear that many features of Tale social organization are typical of patrilineal societies in West Africa and some Tale institutions have parallels in South, East, and Central Africa. Field work showed that every significant social activity among the Tallensi is tied up with the lineage system and the book therefore investigates the function of lineage in Tale social organization.
9781138591882
Shankar’s Book Agency Pvt.Ltd. ;103 Munish Plaza,20 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi
Social Sciences
Sociology--Social problems of & services to groups of people
362 FOR
