Research Catalog

Title

Social control in an African society : a study of the Arusha: agricultural Masai of Northern Tanganyika. African Studies Program, Boston University.

Author

Gulliver, P. H.

Publication

[Boston] Boston University Press, 1963.

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Details

Description

xiv, 306 pages illustrations; 23 cm

Series Statement

Boston University. African Studies Program. African research studies, no. 3

Uniform Title

African research studies ; no. 3.

Subject

• Arusha (African people)
• Law, Arusha

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliography.

Contents

pt. 1: roles and processes resulting from residence and age. The parish -- The age organisation -- Formal structure -- Roles and processes -- Roles of leadership and influence -- The parish assembly -- Appendix: A note on the sizes of age-groups -- pt. 2: Roles and processes resulting from patrilineal descent. Prolegomena to the patrilineal system -- The family -- The lineage system -- The inner lineage -- Ideology and practices -- Dynamics of the inner lineage -- The maximal lineage -- The linear counsellor -- Dichotomous principle and processes -- The structure of clanship -- Jural processes in the patriolineal system -- Homicide -- Lineages and jural processes -- Appendix: Women in the patrilineal system -- A note on sociological dichotomy and symbolism -- pt. 3: Roles and processes resulting from organised government. The modern local government -- Historical introduction -- The chief -- Parish headman -- The tribal council -- The local courts -- pt. 4: Processes of dispute settlement. The locus of dispute procedure -- Procedures and settlements -- The illegitimacy of self-help and recourse to violence -- Procedures in assembly and conclave -- Mutually acceptable settlements -- Dispute settlement between 'related' persons -- Dispute settlement between 'unrelated' persons -- The local courts -- Additional means of coercion -- The ability to delay consideration of later disputes -- The use of physical coercion -- Fines -- The curse -- Ritual oaths.

LCCN

63007547

OCLC

• ocm00493263
• 493263
• SCSB-147732

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library