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.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
• VerfasserIn: Rose, Frederick G. G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©1960
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: Reprint 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Völkerkundliche Forschungen ; 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (594 p.) :; 397 Abbildungen, 1 Karte
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783112529621; 9783110637922
• DOI: 10.1515/9783112529621
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Frederick G. G. Rose.