Time and social structure and other essays
- Title
- Time and social structure and other essays / by Meyer Fortes.
- Published by
- [London] : University of London, Athlone Press ; New York : Humanities Press, 1970.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- ix, 287 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Time and social structure: an Ashanti case study -- The significance of descent in Tale social structure -- The structure of unilineal descent groups -- Descent, filiation and affinity (appendix to chapters 3 and 4) -- Analysis and description in social anthropology -- Rritual festivals and social cohesion in the hinterland of the Gold Coast -- Pietas in ancestor worship -- Social and psychological aspects of education in Taleland -- Radcliffe-Brown's contributions to the study of social organization.
- Series statement
- London School of Economics. Monographs on social anthropology ; no. 40
- Uniform title
- Monographs on social anthropology ; no. 40.
- Subject
- Contents
- Time and social structure: an Ashanti case study -- The significance of descent in Tale social structure -- The structure of unilineal descent groups -- Descent, filiation and affinity (appendix to chapters 3 and 4) -- Analysis and description in social anthropology -- Rritual festivals and social cohesion in the hinterland of the Gold Coast -- Pietas in ancestor worship -- Social and psychological aspects of education in Taleland -- Radcliffe-Brown's contributions to the study of social organization.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [279]-287.