Friendship, Descent and Alliance in Africa : Anthropological Perspectivces.

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Friendship, descent and alliance are basic forms of relatedness that have received unequal attention in social anthropology. Offering new insights into the ways in which friendship is conceptualized and realized in various sub-Saharan African settings, the contributions to this volume depart from th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guichard, Martine
Otros Autores: Gratz, Tilo, Diallo, Youssouf
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Colección:Integration and conflict studies.
Temas:
Friendship > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Kinship > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Amitié > Afrique subsaharienne.
Parenté > Afrique subsaharienne.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Friendship
Kinship
Manners and customs
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Social life and customs.
Afrique subsaharienne > Mœurs et coutumes.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Friendship, descent and alliance are basic forms of relatedness that have received unequal attention in social anthropology. Offering new insights into the ways in which friendship is conceptualized and realized in various sub-Saharan African settings, the contributions to this volume depart from the recent tendency to study friendship in isolation from kinship. In drawing attention to the complexity of the interactions between these two kinds of social relationships, the book suggests that analyses of friendship in Western societies would also benefit from research that explores more syste.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (219 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781782382874
1782382879
1306896827
9781306896825
9781782382867
1782382860

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