The Nuer (1940)
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The Nuer (1940) is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard that examines the social structure, kinship, and pastoral life of the Nuer people of South Sudan.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Nuer (1940) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Nuer (1940) Context triple: [Nuer, notableWorkAbout, The Nuer (1940)]
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Red Earth People
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The Twa Herds
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Under Capricorn
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Nuer (1940) Target entity description: The Nuer (1940) is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard that examines the social structure, kinship, and pastoral life of the Nuer people of South Sudan.
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A.
Red Earth People
Red Earth People is an ethnonym referring to the Fox (Meskwaki) Native American people, traditionally associated with the Great Lakes region of North America.
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B.
The Twa Herds
"The Twa Herds" is a satirical poem by Robert Burns that mocks religious hypocrisy and clerical disputes in 18th-century Scotland.
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C.
Under Capricorn
Under Capricorn is a 1949 historical drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, set in colonial Australia and starring Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten.
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D.
Nisa
Nisa was an ancient city that served as an early royal center of the Parthian Empire, located near present-day Ashgabat in Turkmenistan.
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E.
Nisa
Nisa is a town that is twinned with Liberec, forming part of an international municipal partnership.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropological monograph
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book ⓘ ethnography ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | anthropology ⓘ |
| academicStatus |
canonical text in anthropology curricula
ⓘ
classic of ethnographic literature ⓘ |
| author |
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
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Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard ⓘ
linked to:
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
|
| contains |
ethnographic case studies
ⓘ
genealogical charts ⓘ maps of Nuer territory ⓘ |
| countryOfSubject |
South Sudan
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Sudan ⓘ |
| describes |
Nuer time-reckoning and ecological adaptation
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acephalous political system of the Nuer ⓘ relations between Nuer and Dinka ⓘ |
| ethnographicRegion |
Nilotic Sudan
ⓘ
Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Upper Nile
|
| field |
cultural anthropology
ⓘ
social anthropology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Nuer clan structure
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Nuer kinship terminology ⓘ Nuer marriage and family organization ⓘ Nuer pastoralism ⓘ age-set system of the Nuer ⓘ cattle-based economy of the Nuer ⓘ kinship among the Nuer ⓘ pastoral life of the Nuer ⓘ political organization of the Nuer ⓘ segmentary lineage system ⓘ social structure of the Nuer ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
relationship between ecology and social organization
ⓘ
role of cattle in Nuer social life ⓘ |
| influenced |
British social anthropology
ⓘ
kinship studies ⓘ political anthropology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Nuer people
ⓘ
linked to:
Nuer
|
| methodology |
long-term fieldwork
ⓘ
participant observation ⓘ |
| partOf | Evans-Pritchard’s Nuer trilogy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Kinship and Marriage among the Nuer
ⓘ
Nuer Religion ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| theoreticalOrientation | structural-functionalism ⓘ |
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Subject: The Nuer (1940) Description of subject: The Nuer (1940) is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist E. E. Evans-Pritchard that examines the social structure, kinship, and pastoral life of the Nuer people of South Sudan.
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