The Samburu : a study of gerontocracy / / Paul Spencer ; [with a new preface by Paul Spencer]
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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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge classic ethnographies.