On the Conversion of Non-Agnates into Agnates among the Manga, Jimi River, Western Highlands District, New Guinea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2234253 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edwin A Cook (0000-0002-7608-8702, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 190-196 |
| Publication date | 1970-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Southwestern Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-4801 • E-ISSN: 2328-1839 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/soutjanth.26.2.3629310 |
| OpenAlex | W2333735119 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper examines an aspect of a New Guinea kinship terminological system in which "genealogical amnesia" has sometimes been cited as causing non-agnates to be re-classified as agnates. I maintain that for the Manga certain non-agnatic kintypes in specific contexts are nominally converted into agnatic kinsmen by consistent application of the kinship terminology. I also imply that the problem of non-agnates in the patrilineage is in part an epistemological problem stemming from the intersection of ethnographical concepts and indigenous concepts. I conclude that "genealogical amnesia" is not a causative agent but, rather, that it is induced and is therefore an epiphenomenon, i.e., a by-product
Biology · Epistemology · Ethnography · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Indigenous · Kinship · Linguistics · New guinea · Sociology · Terminology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Ecology · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 1987 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |