Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Translator's Preface
- Preface
- 1 Characteristics of age class systems
- 2 The anthropological study of age class systems
- 3 Legitimation and power in age class systems
- 4 The choice of ethnographic models
- 5 The initiation model
- 6 The initiation-transition model
- 7 The generational model
- 8 The residential model
- 9 The regimental model
- 10 The choreographic model
- 11 Women and age class systems
- 12 The ethnemic significance of the age class system
- 13 History and changes in age class systems
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Translator's Preface
- Preface
- 1 Characteristics of age class systems
- 2 The anthropological study of age class systems
- 3 Legitimation and power in age class systems
- 4 The choice of ethnographic models
- 5 The initiation model
- 6 The initiation-transition model
- 7 The generational model
- 8 The residential model
- 9 The regimental model
- 10 The choreographic model
- 11 Women and age class systems
- 12 The ethnemic significance of the age class system
- 13 History and changes in age class systems
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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- Age Class SystemsSocial Institutions and Polities Based on Age, pp. 172 - 173Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1985