Contexts of Kinship: An Essay in the Family Sociology of the Gonja of Northern Ghana

Esther N. Goody

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List of tables List of illustrations Preface Symbols used in the text Part I. Contexts and Problems: 1. Problems 2. The historical, political and economic setting 3. Three divisions of central Gonja and their villages Part II. Marriage: 4. Courtship and patterns of marriage: open connubium 5. Establishing a marriage 6. The conjugal relationship 7. The termination of marriage Part III. Kinship: 8. Parents and children 9. Kinship and sibship Part IV. Residence: 10. Residence: the synchronic view 11. The developmental cycle 12. Conclusions Appendices References Index.

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