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A NOTE ON VANSINA'S INVENTION OF MATRILINEARITY.
- Source :
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Journal of African History . Jul2013, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p269-280. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Jan Vansina's Paths in the Rainforests (1990) provides an instructive example of progress in overcoming the continuing burden of nineteenth-century evolutionary theory in studies of precolonial Africa in both historiography and anthropology. This article focuses on a critical section of the book, which outlines social evolution and ‘the invention of matrilinearity’ in the area around the lower Congo, showing both the strengths and the weaknesses of Vansina's approach. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *SOCIAL change
*SOCIAL evolution
*KINSHIP
*MARRIAGE
*HISTORY
*HISTORIOGRAPHY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218537
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of African History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 89476716
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853713000303