De Facto Families and De Jure Households in Ondo1

In: American anthropologist: AA, Band 73, Heft 1, S. 223-241

Abstract

In the Yoruba kingdom of Ondo,2 households are conceptualized as special social units, and they form distinct social groupings. In contrast, families are given only a limited recognition, at best and they form distinct social groups only in limited contexts. Comparable situations are readily found in the ethnographic literature.