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Autore: |
Spencer Paul <1932, >
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Titolo: |
The Samburu : a study of gerontocracy / / Paul Spencer ; [with a new preface by Paul Spencer]
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
Edizione: | [New ed.]. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.089965 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Soggetto geografico: | Samburu District (Kenya) Social life and customs |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | "First published 1965 by Routledge and Kegan Paul"--T.p. verso. |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The Samburu ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-134-37152-7 |
1-134-37153-5 | |
1-280-07565-1 | |
0-203-58481-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910450983503321 |
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