Concepedia

Abstract

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.