Kinship and Marriage Among the Nuer

by E.E. Evans-Pritchard

Book Overview

Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard's classic writings on the Nuer of southern Sudan have made them one of the most famous peoples in ethnographic literature. When the writings were first published half a century ago, they created a new agenda for social anthropology. Kinship and Marriage among the
Nuer is the second of his trilogy on the society and culture of this pastoral people. It vividly portrays the experience of growing up in a Nuer community, describing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198278470
• ISBN13: 9780198278474
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"