Australian kin classification /

Australian kin classification /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Scheffler, Harold W.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1978.
Description:	xx, 569 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 23 Cambridge studies in social anthropology no. 23
Subject:	Australian aborigines -- Social life and customs. Kinship -- Australia. Kinship -- Terminology Aboriginal Australians -- Kinship. Kinship. Australia. Terminology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/234065

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ISBN:	052121906X : $20.00
Notes:	Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. [545]-555.

Table of Contents:

List of tables
List of figures
Preface
Map of tribal locations in Australia
1. Preliminary considerations
2. Types and varieties
3. Pitjantjara
4. Kariera-like systems
5. Nyulnyul and Mardudhunera
6. Karadjeri
7. Arabana
8. Yir Yoront and Murngin
9. Walbiri and Dieri
10. Ngarinyin
11. An overview
12. Kin classification and section systems
13. Variation in subsection systems
14. Kinship and the social order
Notes
References
Indexes