{"product_id":"contexts-of-kinship-an-essay-in-the-family-sociology-of-the-gonja-of-northern-ghana-paperback-9780521017206","title":"Contexts of Kinship; An Essay in the Family Sociology of the Gonja of Northern Ghana (Paperback) 9780521017206","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContexts of Kinship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Essay in the Family Sociology of the Gonja of Northern Ghana\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoody concentrates on interrelationships between political and domestic institutions in a bilateral kinship system.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEsther N. Goody (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521017206, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 July 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 15.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.5 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\"\u003eIn her study of domestic organization in Gonja, a formerly important West African state, now part of Ghana, Esther Goody has concentrated on tracing the interrelationships between political and domestic institutions in a bilateral kinship system, untypical of the area. After outlining the problems which she is seeking to solve and describing the domestic, political and economic context of life in central Gonja, the author examines the several aspects of marriage fundamental to the establishment of domestic groups and their development. The practice of sending children to be reared by kin is then discussed and is related to the strong ties binding kin together however far apart they may live. Dr Goody examines patterns of residence through time, and seeks to relate these to both the political context and the form taken by authority in the kin group. The study concludes with a comparison of the Gonja system with other bilateral and unilineal African kingdoms, and the book is completed by appendices presenting the statistical material gathered during research.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Symbols used in the text\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Contexts and Problems: 1. Problems\u003cbr\u003e 2. The historical, political and economic setting\u003cbr\u003e 3. Three divisions of central Gonja and their villages\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Marriage: 4. Courtship and patterns of marriage: open connubium\u003cbr\u003e 5. Establishing a marriage\u003cbr\u003e 6. The conjugal relationship\u003cbr\u003e 7. The termination of marriage\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Kinship: 8. Parents and children\u003cbr\u003e 9. Kinship and sibship\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Residence: 10. Residence: the synchronic view\u003cbr\u003e 11. The developmental cycle\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\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":46006150431000,"sku":"9780521017206","price":40.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521017206i_3cc2412b-403d-45b5-a27e-105163c6b5bc.jpg?v=1691376715","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contexts-of-kinship-an-essay-in-the-family-sociology-of-the-gonja-of-northern-ghana-paperback-9780521017206","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}