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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819556703321

Autore

Spencer Paul <1932->

Titolo

The Samburu : a study of gerontocracy / / Paul Spencer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-37152-7

1-134-37153-5

1-280-07565-1

0-203-58481-3

Edizione

[[New ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

Routledge classic ethnographies

Disciplina

306.089965

Soggetti

Samburu (African people) - Social conditions

Samburu (African people) - Kinship

Samburu (African people) - Marriage customs and rites

Older people - Kenya - Samburu District - Social conditions

Gerontocracy - Kenya - Samburu District

Samburu District (Kenya) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: London : Routledge and K. Paul, 1965.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; PREFACE TO NEW EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE PASTORAL ECONOMY; CLANSHIP AND EXOGAMY; THE FAMILY AND THE HERD; THE STRUCTURE OF SAMBURU SOCIETY; THE MORAN; THE MORAN AND THE TOTAL SOCIETY; ELDERHOOD AND THE CURSE; THE STATUS OF WOMEN; SOCIAL ATTITUDES AND CEREMONY; THE SAMBURU AND SOME NEIGHBOURING TRIBES: A COMPARISON; CONCLUSION: THE GERONTOCRATIC SOCIETY; Census Techniques and Data; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Based on two years' study in northern Kenya, this book explores a culture in which power rests with older men.