LEADER 04108nam 2200601 450 001 996309149603316 005 20221206104837.0 010 $a3-11-037727-6 024 7 $a10.2478/9783110372335 035 $a(CKB)3810000000000137 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001541233 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12012861 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001541233 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11535025 035 $a(PQKB)10217575 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1692485 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00059352 035 $a(DE-B1597)428605 035 $a(OCoLC)912309230 035 $a(OCoLC)915443722 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110372335 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1692485 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11054950 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000000137 100 $a20150531h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aYouth and experiences of ageing among Maa $emodels of society evoked by the Maasai, Samburu, and Chamus of Kenya /$fPaul Spencer 210 1$aWarsaw, [Poland] ;$aBerlin, [Germany] :$cDe Gruyter Open,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (plates, 196 pages) $cillustrations, tables, charts, maps 311 $a3-11-037232-0 311 $a3-11-037233-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1 Reminiscence and the Manipulation of Experience --$tPart I: The Maasai Age System (1976-77) --$t2 The Natural Substructure of Age-set Systems and the Social Construction of Ageing among Maasai --$t3 Stratification and Social Mobility: Patterns of Inequality among Maasai and Hindus --$t4 Anger, Comradeship and Age-set Exogamy among Maasai: an Elaboration of Alliance Theory --$tPart II: Samburu Ritual and Cosmology (1957-60, 1962) --$t5 Arenas of Dance among Samburu --$t6 Anxiety and the Interpretation of Ritual among Samburu --$t7 The Transfiguration of Samburu Religion --$tPart III: Indigenous Democracy and Change Among the Chamus (1959, 1977) --$t8 The Evolution of Indigenous Knowledge among Chamus - or Global Diffusion? --$t9 Maa Democracy, Development and Alternative Realities: an Open Letter --$tReferences --$tList of Maps --$tList of Figures --$tList of Tables --$tList of Charts --$tList of Plates --$tSubject Index --$tName Index 330 $aThe Maa of East Africa are a cluster of related pastoral peoples who share a social organization based on age. This groups men into life-long cohorts from their initiation in youth, regardless of family wealth. Historically, this type of pre-market society has been described in every continent, but East Africa provides the principal surviving region of age-based societies, among whom the Maasai are the best known. In this volume, comparison between three branches of Maa highlights different aspects of their society: the dynamics of power with age and gender among the Maasai, of ritual performance and belief among the Samburu, and of historical change among the Chamus. Here it is argued that understanding another culture can only be approached through models derived in the first instance from the representations conveyed by members of that culture. The social anthropologist may then elaborate these images through the choice of analytical parallels, even extending to other disciplines and personal experience. Each chapter in this volume views Maa institutions through a different lens, exploring models relevant to a comprehensive analysis of their social life. 606 $aMaasai (African people) 606 $aYouth$zAfrica 610 $aanthropology, sociology, political science, gender studies, history, development studies, Africa, Maasai. 615 0$aMaasai (African people) 615 0$aYouth 676 $a306.08996 700 $aSpencer$b Paul$0484501 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996309149603316 996 $aYouth and experiences of ageing among Maa$91946265 997 $aUNISA