Essays on the problem of tribe

University of Washington Press

1968

v, 227 pages

Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society ; 1967

Introduction. Fried, Morton H.; On the concepts of "tribe" abd "tribal society" PART 1: THE PROBLEM OF TRIBE AS 'CULTUNIT': 1. Hymes, Dell; Linguistic problems in defining the concept of 'tribe' 2. Hoffman, Hans; Mathematical structures in ethnological systems 3. Bessac, Frank; Cultunit and ethnic unit -processes and symbolism 4. Narolll, Raoul; Who the Lue are [Lue of northern Thailand]. PART 2: THE PROBLEM OF TRIBE AS A STAGE IN POLITICAL EVOLUTION: 5. Dole, Gertrude E.; Tribe as the autonomous unit 6. Lewis, Herbert S.; Typology and process in political evolution 7. Gearing, Fred; Sovereignties and jural communities in political evolution 8. Cohen, Ronald and Alice Schlegel; The tribe as a socio-poltical unit: a cross-cultural examination. PART 3: THE PROBLEM OF TRIBE IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXTS: 9. Moerman, Michael; Being Lue: uses and abuses of ethnic identification 10. Skinner, Elliott; Group dynamics in the politics of changing societies: the problem of 'tribal' politics in Africa 12. Nag, Moni; The concept of tribe in the contemporary socio-political context of India 13. Colson, Elizabeth; Contemporary tribes and the development of nationalism. Elsie Clews Parsons Prize: paper for 1966: Kane, Eileen; Nonunilineality in Oceania: review and alternate hypothesis. [bilaterality, ambilineality, unilineality] Prize Student Paper of 1967: Clemmer, Richard O.; German pronomial address

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