Southern African Khoisan kinship systems

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INHALT: Introduction 1. Alan Barnard / Gertrud Boden: Khoisan kinship revisited Part I Kinship terminologies 2. Gertrud Boden: Khwe kinship terminology 3. William B. McGregor: Shua kinship terminology 4. Gertrud Boden: N//ng kinship terminology – Salvage documentation with the last speakers Part II Kinship Relations 5. Hitomi Ono: Extra-marital relationships and spouse exchange among the G//ana peoples 6. Akira Takada: Kinship and caregiving practices among the Ekoka ! Xun 7. Gertrud Boden: Universal kinship categorisation among the Namibian ! Xoon Part III Comparison 8. Gertrud Boden / Akira Takada: Kx’a kinship classifications – A diachronic perspective 9. Gertrud Boden: Tuu kinship classifications – A diachronic perspective 10. Gertrud Boden: Grandparent-grandchild and bifurcate-merging equations – A cross-Khoisan perspective Part IV Contact settings 11. Alan Barnard: The Ju ’hoan-Naro contact area 12. Akira Takada: Surname and interethnic relationships among the Ekoka ! Xun 13. Gertrud Boden: Language contact and flexible kin categories Conclusion 14. Alan Barnard / Gertrud Boden: Conjectural histories – Pros and cons