Buurri al Lamaab : : A Suburban Village in the Sudan / / Harold B. Barclay.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Barclay, Harold B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1964
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell Studies in Anthropology
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Preface --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Tables --; I. The Village and Its People --; II. The Village Economy --; III. Political Organization --; IV. Formal and Informal Friendship and Recreation Groups --; V. Family and Kinship Groupings --; VI. Social Stratification --; VII. Religion --; VIII. Life Cycle --; IX. Conclusion --; Appendix A. A Note on the Transliteration of Arabic --; Appendix B. Kinship Terminology in Buurri al Lamaab --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501741159; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501741159
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Harold B. Barclay.

This first extended anthropological study of an Arab community in the highly heterogeneous Sudan provides a broad description of the village culture, and explores in depth the religious beliefs and family organization of its inhabitants.