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Double Descent and Its Correlates among the Herero of Ngamiland 1

1956; Wiley; Volume: 58; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/aa.1956.58.1.02a00080

1548-1433

Gordon D. Gibson,

African history and culture analysis

American AnthropologistVolume 58, Issue 1 p. 109-139 Double Descent and Its Correlates among the Herero of Ngamiland† GORDON D. GIBSON, GORDON D. GIBSON University of UtahSearch for more papers by this author GORDON D. GIBSON, GORDON D. GIBSON University of UtahSearch for more papers by this author First published: February 1956 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1956.58.1.02a00080Citations: 18 1 The writer is grateful to Fred Eggan, McKim Mariott, and I. Schapera for reading earlier versions of this paper and for making suggestions leading to its improvement. Any faults which remain are, of course, solely the writer's responsibility. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Bibliography Ashton, E. H. 1937 Notes on the political and judicial organisation of the Tawana. Bantu Studies 11: 67–83. Baumann, H. and D. Westermann 1948 Les Peuples et les Civilisations de l'Afrique. Paris, Payot. Büttner, C. G. 1883 Die Viehwirtschaft der Herero. Ausland 56: 489–94, 529–33, 550–56. Childs, G. M. 1949 Umbundu kinship and character. Oxford, University Press. Dannert, E. 1906 Zum Rechte der Herero. Berlin, Dietrich Reimer. Evans-Pritchard, E. E. 1940 The Nuer. Oxford, University Press. Forde, Daryll 1950 Double descent among the Yakö. African Systems of Kinship and Marriage, ed. A. R. Radcliffe-Brown and Daryll Forde, pp. 285–332. Oxford, University Press. Fortes, Meyer 1950 Kinship and marriage among the Ashanti African Systems of Kinship and Marriage, ed. A. R. Radcliffe-Brown and Daryll Forde, pp. 252–84. Oxford, University Press. Gibson, G. D. 1952 The social organization of the Southwestern Bantu. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, III. Hahn, J. 1869 Die Ovaherero. Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin 4: 226–58, 481–511. Harrington, J. P. 1912 Tewa relationship terms. American Anthropologist 14: 472–98.Menasha. Hastings, D. A. 1933 Ovimbundu customs. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Kennedy School of Missions, Hartford, Conn. Herskovits, M. J. 1930 The culture areas of Africa. Africa 3: 59–77. Irle, J. 1906 Die Herero. Götersloh, G. Bertelsmann. Irle, J. 1917 Die Religion der Herero. Archiv für Anthropologie N.F. 15: 337–67.Braunschweig. Lehmann, F. Rudolf 1950 Einige Spannungs- und Ausgleichserscheinungen in der sozialen Organisation mittelund südwestafrikanischer Völker. In Beiträge zur Gesellungs- und Völkerwissenschaft, ed. by Ilse Tönnies, pp. 245–70. Berlin. Gebr. Mann. Murdock, G. P. 1940 Double descent. American Anthropologist 42: 555–61.Menasha. Murdock, G. P. 1949 Social structure. New York, Macmillan. Nadel, S. F. 1950 Dual descent in the Nuba hills. African Systems of Kinship and Marriage, ed. A. R. Radcliffe-Brown and Daryll Forde, pp. 333–59. Oxford, University Press. Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. 1952 On joking relationships. In Structure and Function in Primitive Society, pp. 90–104. London, Cohen and West. Schapera, I. 1945 Notes on some Herero genealogies. Communications from the School of African Studies, New Series, No. 14. University of Cape Town. Schinz, Hans 1891 Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika. Oldenburg und Leipzig. Schulzesche Hof-Buchdruckerei. Tax, Sol 1935 Primitive social organization with some description of the social organization of the Fox Indians. Partially published Ph.D. thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Vedder, Heinrich 1938 South West Africa in early times. Oxford, University Press. Viehe, Gottlieb 1902 Die Omaanda und Otuzo der Ovaherero. Mittheilungen des Seminars für Orientallsche Sprachen zu Berlin 5 (Abt. 3): 107–17. Citing Literature Volume58, Issue1February 1956Pages 109-139 ReferencesRelatedInformation