French Perspectives in African Studies

A Collection of Translated Essays

Buch | Softcover

250 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-48516-7 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1973, this volume presents some of the main approaches that were developed by French Africanists during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The book covers social structure and economic change, ethnography, language and history in West Africa.

Originally published in 1973, this volume presents some of the main approaches that were developed by French Africanists during the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The book covers social structure, kinship systems, economic change, ethnography, language, history and archaeology in West Africa.

Pierre Alexandre

1. The Mother's Brother in the Western Sudan 2. Stylistic Study of a Dogon Text 3. A Contribution to the Study of Blacksmiths in West Africa 4. Symbolic Monuments of the Logone-Birni Royal Palace (Northern Cameroons) 5. Blood Pacts, Age classes and Castes in Black Africa 6. Towards a History of the Yatenga Mossi 7. Traditional Social Structure and Economic Change 8. The Study of Marriage and Urban Research 9. Regional studies: Thoughts on the monographic Formula in Human Geography 10. Problems of Modern Political Terminology in African Languages 11. On the Mode of Production of the Hunting Band 12. Oral Tradition and Chronology 13. Food and the Strategy Involved in Learning Fraternal Exchange Among Wolof Children

Erscheinungsdatum	04.05.2020
Reihe/Serie	African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	385 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-48516-0 / 1138485160
ISBN-13	978-1-138-48516-7 / 9781138485167
Zustand	Neuware