02857nam 2200733Ia 450 991081955670332120200520144314.01-134-37152-71-134-37153-51-280-07565-10-203-58481-310.4324/9780203584811 (CKB)1000000000255316(EBL)182612(OCoLC)437055598(SSID)ssj0000308860(PQKBManifestationID)11233173(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308860(PQKBWorkID)10258470(PQKB)10872590(MiAaPQ)EBC182612(Au-PeEL)EBL182612(CaPaEBR)ebr10165396(CaONFJC)MIL7565(OCoLC)56342487(EXLCZ)99100000000025531620030704d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Samburu a study of gerontocracy /Paul Spencer[New ed.].London Routledge20041 online resource (276 p.)Routledge classic ethnographiesPrevious ed.: London : Routledge and K. Paul, 1965.0-203-34899-0 0-415-31725-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; INDEXBased on two years' study in northern Kenya, this book explores a culture in which power rests with older men.Routledge classic ethnographies.Samburu (African people)Social conditionsSamburu (African people)KinshipSamburu (African people)Marriage customs and ritesOlder peopleKenyaSamburu DistrictSocial conditionsGerontocracyKenyaSamburu DistrictSamburu District (Kenya)Social life and customsSamburu (African people)Social conditions.Samburu (African people)Kinship.Samburu (African people)Marriage customs and rites.Older peopleSocial conditions.Gerontocracy306.089965Spencer Paul1932-484501MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819556703321The Samburu4196254UNINA