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Zulu names, polygyny and gender politics in traditional societies / Evangeline Bonisiwe Zungu.

Title
Zulu names, polygyny and gender politics in traditional societies / Evangeline Bonisiwe Zungu.
Author
Zungu, Evangeline Bonisiwe,
Publication
  • Pietermaritzburg, South Africa : University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2021.
  • ©2021.

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Description
ix, 179 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Names, Zulu
  • Polygyny > South Africa
  • Polygyny
  • South Africa
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- 1. The way of life in KwaMambulu -- 2. Polygyny, gender and power in traditional societies -- 3. Veneration of the living-dead and Zulu anthroponymy -- 4. Names and social identity in the Zulu naming system -- 5. The articulation of conflict in Zulu anthroponyms -- 6. Penthonyms as reflections of social behaviour patterns -- Conclusion
ISBN
  • 1869144708
  • 9781869144708 (paperback)
OCLC
  • on1252702323
  • 1252702323
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries