Kinship, Status and Gender in South Celebes

Download or read book Kinship, Status and Gender in South Celebes written by Hendrik Theodorus Chabot and published by Ancient and Medieval Philosoph. This book was released on 1996 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H.Th. Chabot's Ph.D. thesis, Verwantschap, stand en sexe in Zuid-Celebes (1950), is an important source for the anthropology of South Celebes. Chabot's study, based on fieldwork in the 1940s provides insights into social relationships in a South Celebes village, focusing on demographic and spatial data, systems of marriage and the position of women. His observations are of great value for historical-comparative work. This English translation makes Chabot's study accessible to a new generation of researchers. Added to the translation are a biography of H.Th. Chabot (1910-1970) and a biography of is scholarly work, as well as an extensive introduction by Martin Rössler and Birgit Röttger-Rössler, placing Chabot's contribution in the context of other work on Macassarese and Buginese society.