Anthro 139 • Clan becomes important 1922 • “An account of native enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea.” BOOK • Synoptic chart • “… to collect concrete data‚ and accordingly I took a village census‚ wrote down genealogies‚ drew up plans‚ and collected the terms of kinship. But all this remained dead material‚ which led no further into the understanding of real native mentality or behavior…” (Malinowski‚ B. 1922) • Verandah anthropologist • Malinowski
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north are the Kababish‚ a camel raising people; the Jaalin and Saiqiyya‚ who live along rivers ; the Nubians‚ who live along the northern Nile; the Nuba of the Kordufan Plateau; and the Fur in the west. In the south there is the Dinka‚ Anuak‚ Nuer‚ and Shilluck. The official language of Sudan is Arabic. Its religious breakdown is 73% Islamic‚ 17%‚ Sudan is the largest country in Africa‚ and is one of the poorest. It is located in the northeastern part of the continent. It is mainly made
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sororate‚ the Nuer do have this option‚ but only if the dead wife did not have a child (Stone‚ 77; 2014). In regards to marriage‚ the Tiv culture allows both men and women to get married. The Tiv culture has no law that restrain anyone from getting married earlier than 25 to 30 years of age. The Tiv are polygynous‚ thereby allowing men to have multiple wives (Hsu‚ 47; 1971). While having multiple wives may be rather difficult for a man due the struggle of maintaing equality between the women‚ most
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Sudan separated from north Sudan and became independent in July 2011. The government is composed of President Salva Kiir‚ from the Dinka tribe‚ Vice President Riek Machar‚ from the Nuer tribe‚ and high officials from a number of other tribes. South Sudan has a long history of ethnic tensions between Dinka and Nuer‚ the two largest tribes. When South Sudan was fighting for independence‚ all tribes set their differences apart. But independence didn’t necessarily bring with it a sense of belonging
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Chiefdoms 1. The social structure of chiefdom is a hierarchical society in which some people have greater access than others to wealth‚ rank‚ status‚ authority and power. According to Scupin‚ many Polynesian chiefdoms rule of succession is based on primogeniture in which the eldest son assumed the status and realm of the father. This helped to avoid power struggles when a chief died. Chiefly Authority was more limited among the Trobrianders than was among the Hawaiians and Tahitians.
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perspective are the marriage forms in Nuer‚ Sudan. This part of the world is patrilineal and so descent is carried down the father’s side of the family. As a result of this‚ ghost marriages for example have been established to ensure the continuing of the father’s lineage. In ghost marriages‚ a male ’ghost marries’ a women to his dead relative and the children are that of the deceased man. This way the newborns will continue to carry the dead man’s lineage. In Nuer‚ there are also women to women marriages
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Marriage can be defined as formal/ legal act of a man and a woman/ same sex‚ who are partners in relationship this union includes a sexual relationship‚ also may include other components such as ritual‚ permanence‚ contractual and legal acts. I am to discuss the conjugal and jugal definitions of marriages in reference to 3 sources or case studies. I will elaborate on these by using the sources to help understand the context and to see if the conjugal or jugal definitions are the definitions that
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losing his family.A Lion reach to the group when they were sleeping.When they were sleeping Marial got taking away from a lion.And uncle was killed by the Nuer men.Salva had no one by his side‚ but Salva knew that both of them want him to continue his journey to the camp.According to the text “Marial was gone.Uncle was gone‚ too‚ murdered by those Nuer men right before
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Subsistence that relies on raising herds of domesticated animals‚ such as cattle‚ sheep‚ and goats. An example of this way of life would be the Nuer people in Sudan. They reside near the headwaters of the Nile where they raise their cattle for their subsistence needs. Not only do they raise the cattle to nourish themselves but base their wealth on their cattle. For the Nuer people the cattle are specifically used for mile which they drink fresh‚ eat when it has soured‚ and make cheeses. The only time that
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under Proposed Criminal Law‚ the Huffington Post. Westermarck Edvard‚ 1922‚ The History of Human Marriage. Oppenheimer Helen‚ 1990‚ Marriage‚ British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. E.E.Evans Pritchard‚ 1990‚ Kinship and Marriage among the Nuer‚ Clarendon Press. Askham Janet‚ 1984‚ Identity and Stability in Marriage‚ Cambridge University Press. Macfarlane Alan‚ 1986‚ Marriage and Love in England: modes of reproduction‚ 1300-1840‚ Blackwell. Mount Ferdinand‚ 1992‚ the subversive family: an
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