Labor and beer in the Transkei, South Africa: Xhosa work parties in historical and contemporary perspective

Human Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-111

  McAllister, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Consumption; Cooperative labor; South Africa; Subsistence agriculture; Xhosa ritual

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL TRADITION; DRINKING; LABOR RELATIONS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1942498937     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.63.1.w121w9ygg2jbhldg     Document Type: Article

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