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Two Crows Denies It : A History of Controversy in Omaha Sociology / R.H. Barnes ; new introduction by Raymond J. DeMallie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnes, R. H. (Robert Harrison), 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Omaha Indians--Social life and customs.
- Omaha Indians.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- In Two Crows Denies It, R.H. Barnes undertakes an ambitious historical analysis of anthropological scholarship about Omaha kinship systems. His groundbreaking work offers a critique of this established scholarship, including the work of Levi-Strauss, Dorsey, and Fletcher. In comparing the primary and secondary accounts of Omaha descent, relationship, and naming systems, Barnes reveals the dissonance between the reality of Omaha society and the scholarship that has formed around it. Not only does he put forth a new and more realistic interpretation of Omaha sociology specifically, but in so doing he provides a reinterpretation of an aspect of anthropological theory.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chieftainship
- The tribal circle
- Descent groups
- Personal names
- Relationship terminology
- Terminology and marriage
- Marriage, residence, and kinship
- The pattern of marriage
- "Omaha alliance"
- Dispersed alliance
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Originally published: 1984.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-4962-4514-8
- OCLC:
- 1523174655
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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