Time and social structure and other essays / Meyer Fortes
1970, 1st edition. London] New York : University of London, Athlone Press ; Humanities Press. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #387098
ISBN: 0485195402
Physical description; 287 pp.: illustrations ; 23 cm. Contents; Time and social structure: an Ashanti case study -- The significance of descent in Tale social structure -- The structure of unilineal descent groups -- Descent, filiation and affinity (appendix to chapters 3 and 4) -- Analysis and description in social anthropology -- Rritual festivals and social cohesion in the hinterland of the Gold Coast -- Pietas in ancestor worship -- Social and psychological aspects of education in Taleland -- Radcliffe-Brown's contributions to the study of social organization. Subjects; Ethnology Ghana. Tallensi (African people) Social life and customs. Ashanti (African people). Structuralism. Functionalism (Social sciences). Ethnology.
Price: €30.00