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200 10$aTime, space, and the unknown $eMaasai configurations of power and providence /$fPaul Spencer
210   $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2003
215   $a1 online resource (304 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-415-55516-7 
311   $a0-415-31724-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 272-278) and indexes.
327   $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Note on orthography; Introduction; The boundaries of time, space, and certainty; The age system, and the social construction of time and experience; Power and the social construction of space; Providence and the cosmology of misfortune; The Loonkidongi diviners and Prophets; Loonkidongi oracles and cyclical reckoning among the Maasai; Diverging models in space and variation over time; The Purko Maasai in 1977: a northern model; The Kisonko Maasai of Loitokitok in 1977: a southern model; A pre-colonial model and the hub of power
327   $aAlternative models of social control among the Arusha MaasaiConclusion: the interplay of power and providence, and the theory of dilemmas; References; Subject index; Name index
330   $aTime, Space and the Unknown follows on from The Maasai of Matapoto and The Samburu to show how uncertainty and misfortune influence the social life of the Maasai.
606   $aMaasai (African people)$xRites and ceremonies
606   $aCosmology, Maasai
606   $aMaasai (African people)$xPsychology
606   $aSpace and time
606   $aAge groups$zKenya
615  0$aMaasai (African people)$xRites and ceremonies.
615  0$aCosmology, Maasai.
615  0$aMaasai (African people)$xPsychology.
615  0$aSpace and time.
615  0$aAge groups
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700   $aSpencer$b Paul$f1932-$0484501
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