{"product_id":"age-class-systems-social-institutions-and-polities-based-on-age-paperback-9780521314824","title":"Age Class Systems; Social Institutions and Polities Based on Age (Paperback) 9780521314824","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAge Class Systems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocial Institutions and Polities Based on Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis study of age class systems provides a way of making sense of the diversity of such systems.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBernardo Bernardi (Author), David I. Kertzer (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521314824, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 27 November 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.29 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAll societies are differentiated by age. But in some, this differentiation takes the form of institutionalized, formally graded age classes, the members of which share an assigned 'structural' age, if not necessarily the same physiological age. The nature of formal age group systems has become one of the classic issues in modern social anthropology, although until now there has been no comprehensive explication of these complex forms of social organization. In this book, Bernardo Bernardi, one of the pioneers of the anthropological study of age class systems, provides a way of making sense of the diversity of such systems by analysing cross-culturally their common features and the pattern of their differences, and showing that they serve a general purpose for the organization of society and for the distribution and rotation of power.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslator's preface\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Characteristics of age class systems\u003cbr\u003e 2. The anthropological study of age class systems\u003cbr\u003e 3. Legitimation and power in age class systems\u003cbr\u003e 4. The choice of ethnographic models\u003cbr\u003e 5. The initiation model\u003cbr\u003e 6. The initiation-transition model\u003cbr\u003e 7. The generational model\u003cbr\u003e 8. The residential model\u003cbr\u003e 9. The regimental model\u003cbr\u003e 10. The choreographic model\u003cbr\u003e 11. Women and age class systems\u003cbr\u003e 12. The ethnemic significance of the age class system\u003cbr\u003e 13. History and changes in age class systems\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Cultural studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Cultural studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Cultural%20studies%20%5BJFC%5D%22\"\u003eJFC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007085400344,"sku":"9780521314824","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521314824i_25b4d2d1-1eda-4e5c-8d48-012418129d9a.jpg?v=1691375083","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/age-class-systems-social-institutions-and-polities-based-on-age-paperback-9780521314824","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}