ANT 252 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Kalahari Desert, Structural Functionalism, Segmentary Lineage
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!kung san or ju/"hoansi of kalahari desert are one example. !kung san are a hunter-gatherer people that live in bands of people. A society without a governing head, with no hierarchical leadership. Prior to colonialism, no laws, no police, no chiefs, no jails, but stable and peaceful (relatively) Don"t have to include the exact citations of authors, specific names, etc. but you have to include enough details so that she can recognize the essay. Held that different structures of a society (religion, politics, kinship, etc) function in a integrated way to maintain social order and equilibrium. Evans-pritchard studied the nuer pastoralists of e. africa in the 1930s. Found that they had no central government, central chiefs, or powerful individuals, and he noted that the contentious nuer were feuding over cattle, their source of income. Argued order maintained through social institutions like kinship structures, associations, and religion ( structures that served diverse functions ) Kinship structures - organizations of extended relatives.
