Meyer Fortes was a South African-born anthropologist, best known for his work among the Tallensi and Ashanti in Ghana. Originally trained in psychology, Fortes employed the notion of the "person" into his structural-functional analyses of kinship, the family, and ancestor worship setting a standard for studies on African social organization. His famous book, Oedipus and Job in West African Religion (1959), fused his two interests and set a standard for comparative ethnology. He also wrote extensively on issues of the first born, kingship, and divination.

• 1. Introductory 2. The Meaning of 'Tallensi' 3. Paradigm of the Lineage System 4. Clanship: The Namoos 5. The Distribution of the Namoos 6. The Structural Relations of the Talis 7. Clanship and Ritual Collaboration 8. Totemism Among the Talis and Other non-Namoos 9. The Place of Women in the Clan Organization 10. The Social Structure of a Settlement 11. Land, Locality and the Earth 12. The Lineage in the Local Community 8. The Form of Tale Society

Meyer Fortes was a South African-born anthropologist, best known for his work among the Tallensi and Ashanti in Ghana. Originally trained in psychology, Fortes employed the notion of the "person" into his structural-functional analyses of kinship, the family, and ancestor worship setting a standard for studies on African social organization. His famous book, Oedipus and Job in West African Religion (1959), fused his two interests and set a standard for comparative ethnology. He also wrote extensively on issues of the first born, kingship, and divination.

• 1. Introductory 2. The Meaning of 'Tallensi' 3. Paradigm of the Lineage System 4. Clanship: The Namoos 5. The Distribution of the Namoos 6. The Structural Relations of the Talis 7. Clanship and Ritual Collaboration 8. Totemism Among the Talis and Other non-Namoos 9. The Place of Women in the Clan Organization 10. The Social Structure of a Settlement 11. Land, Locality and the Earth 12. The Lineage in the Local Community 8. The Form of Tale Society

Meyer Fortes was a South African-born anthropologist, best known for his work among the Tallensi and Ashanti in Ghana. Originally trained in psychology, Fortes employed the notion of the "person" into his structural-functional analyses of kinship, the family, and ancestor worship setting a standard for studies on African social organization. His famous book, Oedipus and Job in West African Religion (1959), fused his two interests and set a standard for comparative ethnology. He also wrote extensively on issues of the first born, kingship, and divination.

• 1. Introductory 2. The Meaning of 'Tallensi' 3. Paradigm of the Lineage System 4. Clanship: The Namoos 5. The Distribution of the Namoos 6. The Structural Relations of the Talis 7. Clanship and Ritual Collaboration 8. Totemism Among the Talis and Other non-Namoos 9. The Place of Women in the Clan Organization 10. The Social Structure of a Settlement 11. Land, Locality and the Earth 12. The Lineage in the Local Community 8. The Form of Tale Society