religion, matriliny, and change: Jehovah's Witnesses and Seventh-Day Adventists in Luapula, Zambia
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In this paper I examine three interrelated topics. First, I describe the conflicts and strains prevalent in matrilineal societies.1 I argue that these conflicts are the result of a central structural contradiction inherent in matriliny, namely, the contradiction between relations of production, which are individualistic in nature, and distribution processes, which involve social relationships that are communalistic in character. The contradiction results primarily from matrilineal inheritance practices, which ensure that wealth is spread horizontally among a number of individuals. Conflicts are vitiated because matrilineal inheritance limits cooperation among nuclear and bilateral extended-family members; it discourages investment in family or larger cooperative enterprises because the inputs of affines accrue to the lineage only. In the final analysis the conflict is one between direct and generalized
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