Strategies and Norms in a Changing Matrilineal Society

Descent, Succession and Inheritance among the Toka of Zambia

By:

Ladislav Holy

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

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The theme of this book is the analysis of the changes that have occurred in the kinship patterns of the Toka of South Zambia as a result of a shift in their form of production from hoe agriculture to ox-drawn ploughing. Dr Holy uses the rich, detailed ethnography that he provides about these changes to confront several theoretical issues of current anthropological interest, as well as to examine the basic methodological problems of anthropological enquiry. Emphasising the distinction between the conceptual and cognitive world of the actors, and the transactions and events in which they engage, he argues that anthropological explanation has to account not only for structure, but also for the purposeful interaction between actors that generates that structure.

Release date Australia

April 3rd, 1986

Author

Ladislav Holy

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

248

Series

Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Dimensions

152x229x17

ISBN-13

9780521303002

Product ID

1970501

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