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Classification of kin, age structure and marriage amongst the Groote Eylandt aborigines : A study in method and a study of Australian kinship / Frederick G. G. Rose.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Völkerkundliche Forschungen ; 3Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]Copyright date: ©1960Edition: Reprint 2021Description: 1 online resource (594 p.) : 397 Abbildungen, 1 KarteContent type:
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  • 9783112529614
  • 9783112529621
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES INCLUDED IN THE TEXT -- LIST OF DIAGRAMS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- NOTE -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Aborigines of Groote Eylandt -- Chapter 3 Method of Collecting the Data -- Chapter 4 Aggregating and Checking Classificatory Data -- Chapter 5 Re-assessment of Age Data -- Chapter 6 Analysis of Classificatory and Age Data -- Chapter 7 Marriage: its Dynamics and Basis amongst the Groote Eylandt Aborigines -- Chapter 8 The Nature of Australian "Gerontocracy" -- Chapter 9 Wife's Mother and Husband's Father amongst the Groote Eylandt Aborigines -- Chapter 10 Sister Exchange and Cross Cousin Marriage -- Chapter 11 Australian "Types" of Kinship Classification -- Chapter 12 Some Characteristics and Features of the Classification of Kin amongst the Groote Eylandt Aborigines -- Chapter 13 The Homogeneity of Australian Kinship Systems—a Critique -- Chapter 14 The Influence of "Gerontocracy" on the Development of Australian Kinship Systems -- Chapter 15 Comments and Criticisms -- Appendix 1 Table showing original unsystematic numbering of aborigines during field work -- Appendix 2 List of aborigines photographed -- Appendix 3 Cross references to aborigines photographed -- Appendix 4 List of aborigines (mainly deceased), mentioned in pro forma and cross referenced -- Appendix 5 Principal totem(s) or origin of grandparents of photographed aborigines -- Appendix 6 Ritual Objects—1948 -- Appendix 7 Blood grouping of some Groote Eylandt aborigines -- Appendix 8 Identification of aborigines depicted in photographs illustrating TINDALE'S article 1925/26 -- Appendix 9 A note on the population of the Groote Eylandt aborigines -- Appendix 10 Additional notes on the ethnography of the Groote Eylandt aborigines -- Appendix 11 Western and eastern usages and beliefs on Groote Eylandt -- Appendix 12 A comment on the Omaha and Crow kinship systems -- Appendix 13 "Gerontocracy" in Tasmania and its theoretical importance -- Tabular Data -- Literature Cited -- Postscript -- Aboriginal Word List -- Index -- Illustrations -- Photographs of Aborigines

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TABLES INCLUDED IN THE TEXT -- LIST OF DIAGRAMS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- NOTE -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Aborigines of Groote Eylandt -- Chapter 3 Method of Collecting the Data -- Chapter 4 Aggregating and Checking Classificatory Data -- Chapter 5 Re-assessment of Age Data -- Chapter 6 Analysis of Classificatory and Age Data -- Chapter 7 Marriage: its Dynamics and Basis amongst the Groote Eylandt Aborigines -- Chapter 8 The Nature of Australian "Gerontocracy" -- Chapter 9 Wife's Mother and Husband's Father amongst the Groote Eylandt Aborigines -- Chapter 10 Sister Exchange and Cross Cousin Marriage -- Chapter 11 Australian "Types" of Kinship Classification -- Chapter 12 Some Characteristics and Features of the Classification of Kin amongst the Groote Eylandt Aborigines -- Chapter 13 The Homogeneity of Australian Kinship Systems—a Critique -- Chapter 14 The Influence of "Gerontocracy" on the Development of Australian Kinship Systems -- Chapter 15 Comments and Criticisms -- Appendix 1 Table showing original unsystematic numbering of aborigines during field work -- Appendix 2 List of aborigines photographed -- Appendix 3 Cross references to aborigines photographed -- Appendix 4 List of aborigines (mainly deceased), mentioned in pro forma and cross referenced -- Appendix 5 Principal totem(s) or origin of grandparents of photographed aborigines -- Appendix 6 Ritual Objects—1948 -- Appendix 7 Blood grouping of some Groote Eylandt aborigines -- Appendix 8 Identification of aborigines depicted in photographs illustrating TINDALE'S article 1925/26 -- Appendix 9 A note on the population of the Groote Eylandt aborigines -- Appendix 10 Additional notes on the ethnography of the Groote Eylandt aborigines -- Appendix 11 Western and eastern usages and beliefs on Groote Eylandt -- Appendix 12 A comment on the Omaha and Crow kinship systems -- Appendix 13 "Gerontocracy" in Tasmania and its theoretical importance -- Tabular Data -- Literature Cited -- Postscript -- Aboriginal Word List -- Index -- Illustrations -- Photographs of Aborigines

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