Kinship and marriage among the nuer is the second of his trilogy on the society and culture of this pastoral people. The nuer people are a nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting the nile valley. The political system of the anuak of the anglo egyptian sudan. Questia read the fulltext online edition of the nuer. Evanspritchard, the nuer, and the sudan political service. This pioneering book of cultural anthropology, written in the midworld war. E download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The others were published as kinship and marriage among the nuer 1951 and nuer religion 1956. Among the azande 1937 and the nuer 1940, made his reputation. The nuer is one of the best known of all ethnographic studies, and the reason for this is clear.
Evanspritchard has 44 books on goodreads with 5821 ratings. A description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic people edition 1 by edward e. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Enough has been said already on this account in the numerous essays written about the nuer secondhand. I have previously written two books on the nuer, a cattleherding people dwelling in the swamps and savannah of the southern angloegyptian sudan.
Jon holtzman, author of a book about nuer immigrants in the u. Evanspritchard relates the soci al organization of the nuer to their cattle based, nomadic life style in a semiarid environment. Evanspritchard and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. A description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic people by e. A description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic people was published in 1940 and kinship and marriage among the nuer in 1951. There are three categories of people in nuer society. In this society, each clan, as per the definition, comprised people who. Most of all, evanspritchard makes the reader aware of the complexities and. Evanspritchards book was first published in 1940 and is considered a classic of social anthropology. Evans pritchard continued to lecture at the lse and conduct research in azande and bongo 1 land until 1930, when he began a new research project among the nuer. A description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic people 1940. The nuer is a superb ethnographic work done by evans pritchard. Evanspritchard with a group of zande boys in sudan. The nuer are agropastoralists from southern sudan, who subsist on a mixed economy of animal husbandry and cultivation.
The very first chapter deals with his first visits to the area and the difficulties he has in positioning himself for these studies. This essay is from the famous book african political systems, edited by m. Evans pritchard, the nuer, and the sudan political service 235 coriat and evans pritchard agreed that he should spend all of his first field trip among the western nuer, where coriat was district commissioner, and then spend the next year among the lou and other east bank nuer. Evanspritchard, was an english anthropologist who was instrumental in the development of social anthropology. A description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic people is a ethnographical study by the british anthropologist e. The nuer a description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic people by e. A description of the modes of livelihood and political. Evanspritchard saw these people as different, but not primitive. He wrote these works in his thirties and forties, after which time he became chair of anthropology at oxford.
But when you realize the forces behind his work, its really difficult to not read the book as a military report. His seminal works on the azande and the nuer had an immense impact on the field in britain. The work examined the political and familial systems of the nuer people in the angloegyptian sudan and is considered a landmark work of social anthropology. This is a result of sir edward evanspritchards classic studies from the 1930s. A description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic people. A description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic people 9780195003222 by e. Evanspritchard gives a novapdf professional desktop 7 7 build 392 brilliant and insightful picture of an. It is the first in a series of extensive studies of the nuer made by the author. Evanspritchard noted that the nuer comprised about 20 clans. Evanspritchards most popular book is witchcraft, oracles, and magic among the az.
Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back 1940. Most of all, evanspritchard makes the reader aware of the complexities and sophistication in a premodern. This work coincided with his appointment to the university of cairo in 1932, where he gave a series of lectures on religion that bore seligmans influence. Answers and questions evans pritchard s account of nuer custom regarding symbolism that invites comments nearly thirty years later. At the time of his early fieldwork 1930s living among the nuer, british anthropologist e. Evans pritchard i write shortiy of the nuer because i have at ready recorded a considerable part of my ob servations on their political constitution and the whole is about to be published as a book. Evans pritchard 1940 defined dil as an aristocratic clan, the dominant lineage, though. Evans pritchard, edward evan evans pritchard, evans pritchard e e edward e. Descent tekstens struktur, metode og teori centrale begreber. Picture taken in the period 19261930 picture taken in the period 19261930 sir edward evan evanspritchard, fba 21 september 1902 11 september 1973, known as e.
They speak the nuer language, which belongs to the nilotic language family. Edward evan evanspritchard snippet view 1940 the nuer, a description of the modes of livelihood and political. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. The nuer have been well known to generations of anthropologists from accounts of their traditional life in southern sudan evanspritchard 1940. Quietly, acls history ebook project proving that ebooks really are the future, and. Two books about these peoples, witchcraft, oracles, and magic among the azande 1937 and the nuer 1940, made his reputation. The nuer of the southern sudan universitetet i oslo. A description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic people new ed by evans pritchard, e. Evans pritchard project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
In the books introduction, evanspritchard warmly thanked the nuer for the welcome he felt they gave him. Evanspritchard the relation between tribes and between segments of a tribe which gives them political unity and distinction is one of opposition. First published in 1980, this book provides an overview of e. Evanspritchard author see all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The nuer was the first of three books which evanspritchard would publish on the nuer. It was the first of three books authored by evanspritchard on nuer culture. A description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a nilotic.
Evanspritchard in the anthropological literature the nuer of the sudan are a classic case of a pastoral society of a segmentary tribal type. The chapter that explores the nuer management of and dependence on cattle raising alone is worth the books purchase price. Edward evanspritchard biography, birth date, birth place and. The anthropologist edward evan evanspritchard 19021973 did extensive ethnographic studies among the azande and nuer peoples who were considered primitive by society and earlier scholars. In 1940 he and meyer fortes edited a volume of essays, african political systems, that revolutionized the comparative study of governments.
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