Author: M. RowlandsPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Zulu Family in Transition
Author: M. RowlandsZulu Tribe in Transition
Author: D. H. ReaderPublisher: Manchester University Press
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Category : Zulu (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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The Family in Transition
Author: Radhamany SooryamoorthyThe Eight Zulu Kings
Author: John LabandPublisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN: 1868428397
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
In Eight Zulu Kings, well-respected and widely published historian John Laband examines the reigns of the eight Zulu kings from 1816 to the present. Starting with King Shaka, the renowned founder of the Zulu kingdom, he charts the lives of the kings Dingane, Mpande, Cetshwayo, Dinuzulu, Solomon and Cyprian, to today's King Goodwill Zwelithini whose role is little more than ceremonial. In the course of this investigation Laband places the Zulu monarchy in the context of African kingship and tracks and analyses the trajectory of the Zulu kings from independent and powerful pre-colonial African rulers to largely powerless traditionalist figures in post-apartheid South Africa.
The Ancestors and Zulu Family Transitions
Author: Michael John NelPublisher:
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Category : Church work with families
Languages : en
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Human Families
Author: Stevan HarrellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429968523
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
This detailed study maps variations in family systems throughout the world, focusing on the ways families cooperate and interact with their societies. Harrell describes families in nomadic bands, traditional African societies, Polynesian and Micronesian societies, native societies of the Pacific Northwest coast, preindustrial class societies, and modern industrial societies. His extensive case studies are clearly illustrated with unique diagrams that allow comparison of complex groups and family processes extending over a generation. }This detailed study maps the variations in family systems throughout the world, focusing on the ways families interact with their societies. Tracing the developmental cycle of families in a wide range of times and places, Stevan Harrell shows how family members in different societies must cooperate to perform various activities and thus organize themselves in particular ways. Within six major divisions, the book describes families in nomadic bands, traditional African societies, Polynesian and Micronesian societies, native societies of the Pacific Northwest coast, preindustrial class societies, and modern industrial societies. Within each group, the authors copious examples demonstrate the variation from one family system to another. His case studies are clearly illustrated with a unique set of diagrams that allow comparison of complex groups and of family processes extending over a generation. Scholars and advanced students alike will find this ambitious book an invaluable resource. }
Beyond the Family
Author: A. F. RobertsonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520075184
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Reproduction is the most vital process in the regeneration of our species and our society. Nevertheless, its influence on the shape of the modern world has been consistently overlooked by social scientists who have emphasized the erosion of the family in industrialized societies. In A. F. Robertson's view families persist. And the goal of reproduction plays an essential role in everything from the organization of political parties to the growth of banks and factories. Robertson inverts the traditional wisdom that reproduction responds passively to the powerful transformative force of technology. Reproduction, he asserts, requires such extensive cooperation on the state and community level, as well as within the family, that it has had great impact on our social and political organization. Whether discussing Lesotho women and the South African economy or the effects of the family on the development of capitalism, Robertson demonstrates that the ramifications of human reproduction extend far beyond the family. Boldly argued and laced with cross-cultural comparisons, Beyond the Family synthesizes the writings of a range of thinkers. It is sure to garner discussion and debate among divergent scholars of many stripes.
Genders and Generations Apart
Author: Thomas Vernon McClendonPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural Labourers
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Genders and Generations Apart
Author: Thomas V. McClendonPublisher: James Currey
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This work is a historical examination of gender and generational struggles over land, labor, and law that are central issues facing contemporary South Africa.
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