Southern African Khoisan Kinship Systems

INHALT:

Introduction
1. Alan Barnard / Gertrud Boden: Khoisan kinship revisited

Part I Kinship terminologies
2. Gertrud Boden: Khwe kinship terminology
3. William B. McGregor: Shua kinship terminology
4. Gertrud Boden: N//ng kinship terminology – Salvage documentation with the last speakers

Part II Kinship Relations
5. Hitomi Ono: Extra-marital relationships and spouse exchange among the G//ana peoples
6. Akira Takada: Kinship and caregiving practices among the Ekoka !Xun
7. Gertrud Boden: Universal kinship categorisation among the Namibian !Xoon

Part III Comparison
8. Gertrud Boden / Akira Takada: Kx’a kinship classifications – A diachronic perspective
9. Gertrud Boden: Tuu kinship classifications – A diachronic perspective
10. Gertrud Boden: Grandparent-grandchild and bifurcate-merging equations – A cross-Khoisan perspective

Part IV Contact settings
11. Alan Barnard: The Ju ’hoan-Naro contact area
12. Akira Takada: Surname and interethnic relationships among the Ekoka !Xun
13. Gertrud Boden: Language contact and flexible kin categories

Conclusion
14. Alan Barnard / Gertrud Boden: Conjectural histories – Pros and cons