Southern African Khoisan Kinship Systems

Edited by: Alan Barnard †, Gertrud Boden. With an introduction by: Alan Barnard †, Gertrud Boden. With contributions by: Alan Barnard †, Gertrud Boden, William B. McGregor, Hitomi Ono, Akira Takada. Series edited by: Rainer Voßen.

Series: QKF Research in Khoisan Studies Volume 30

2014
6 pp. Roman, 301 pp.
1 colour map, 2 maps, 8 colour figures, 9 genealogy charts, numerous tables
Text language(s): English
Format: 160 x 240 mm
590 g
Paperback
€ 59.80

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CONTENTS

Introduction
1. Alan Barnard / Gertrud Boden: Khoisan kinship revisited

Part I Kinship terminologies
2. Gertrud Boden: Khwe kinship terminology
3. William B. McGregor: Shua kinship terminology
4. Gertrud Boden: Nǁng kinship terminology – Salvage documentation with the last speakers

Part II Kinship Relations
5. Hitomi Ono: Extra-marital relationships and spouse exchange among the Gǁana peoples
6. Akira Takada: Kinship and caregiving practices among the Ekoka !Xun
7. Gertrud Boden: Universal kinship categorisation among the Namibian !Xoon

Part III Comparison
8. Gertrud Boden / Akira Takada: Kx'a kinship classifications – A diachronic perspective
9. Gertrud Boden: Tuu kinship classifications – A diachronic perspective
10. Gertrud Boden: Grandparent-grandchild and bifurcate-merging equations – A cross-Khoisan perspective

Part IV Contact settings
11. Alan Barnard: The Ju|'hoan-Naro contact area
12. Akira Takada: Surname and interethnic relationships among the Ekoka !Xun
13. Gertrud Boden: Language contact and flexible kin categories

Conclusion
14. Alan Barnard / Gertrud Boden: Conjectural histories – Pros and cons

 

Under these links you will find further publications on the social organisation and history of southern African ethnic groups:

Accompanying material:

• Kalahari and Namib Bushmen in German South West Africa (ISBN 978-3-89645-146-0)
• Medicine Experts of the |Xam San (ISBN 978-3-89645-147-7)
• Rock Paintings of the Klein Karoo and a Link to a Local Story (ISBN 978-3-89645-879-7)
• Social Organization of the !Kõ Bushmen (ISBN 978-3-927620-57-5)
• South African |Xam Bushmen Traditions and Their Relationships to Further Khoisan Folklore (ISBN 978-3-89645-875-9)
• The Kalahari Ethnographies (1896–1898) of Siegfried Passarge (ISBN 978-3-89645-141-5)
• The San and the Colonization of the Cape 1770–1879 (ISBN 978-3-927620-58-2)

Cross-reference:

• The |Xam and the Rain (ISBN 978-3-89645-866-7)

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