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Schism and continuity in an African society : a study of Ndembu village life

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Author(s): Victor W. Turner
Series: Classic reprints in anthropology.
Publisher: Berg
Year: 1996 [1957]

Language: English
Pages: 348
Tags: Ndembu (African people) -- Social conditions;Ndembu (African people) -- Kinship;Ndembu (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies;Zambia -- Social life and customs

Preface to the 1996 Edition / Bruce Kapferer --
Preface to the 1972 Edition / Max Gluckman --
I. Historical and Ecological Background --
II. The Village: Topography and Demography --
III. The Social Composition of the Village --
IV. Matrilineal Descent : The Basic Principle of Village Organization --
V. Matrilineal Succession and the Dynamics of Village Intrigue --
VI. Village Fission, Slavery and Social Change --
VII. Varieties of Village Fission --
VIII. The Structural Implications of Virilocal Marriage within the Village --
IX. Political Aspects of Kinship and Affinity --
X. The Politically Integrative Function of Ritual --
XI. The Chieftainship --
XII. Postscript.