The Dinka of the Sudan.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1972
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Dinka (African people)
Description: A portrait of Dinka life, from birth to death.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 167-168.
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- Goals. Procreation -- Unity and harmony -- Human dignity -- Birth. Birth control -- Conception and pregnancy -- Delivery -- Infancy. The naming system -- Infant care -- Child care -- Childhood. Weaning among the maternal kin -- Reorientation to agnatic values -- Socialization through games -- Children’s operations -- Youth. Initiation -- Military role -- Youth and the economy -- Flirtation and courtship -- Adulthood. Marriage -- The family -- Property and economy -- Power and law -- Aging. The paradox of age -- Advise but consent -- Need and reward -- The lonely years -- Death. Religion and the agents of life and death -- Spiritual cause of illness and its cure -- Death and eternity -- Change. History -- Authority -- Education -- Religion -- Health -- Economy -- Migration -- Conclusion -- Recommended readings -- Glossary.