Household and Community in African Studies
African Studies ReviewPublished 1 June 1981
Jane I. Guyer
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Abstract
Evolution depuis une vingtaine d'annees des themes et des approches des recherches sur l'organisation sociale en Afrique. Etude detaillee de la signification de certains concepts-cles comme les concepts de groupe domestique, de lignage, de famille. Les nouvelles tendances de l'etude des macro-processus de l'organisation sociale. Revue de la litterature sur la stabilite matrimoniale et la polygynie comme exemple des possibilites de comprehension de problemes particuliers dans le contexte de processus historiques plus vastes.
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