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

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.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (594 p.) :; 397 Abbildungen, 1 Karte
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Table of 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

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