The Maasai of Matapato : a study of rituals of rebellion / / Paul Spencer ; [with a new preface by Paul Spencer]

• Autore: Spencer Paul <1932->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 306/.089/965
• Soggetto topico: Maasai (African people) - Social life and customs; Maasai (African people) - Rites and ceremonies; Age groups - Kenya - Matapatu
• Soggetto geografico: Matapatu (Kenya) Social life and customs
• Classificazione: 73.06
• Note generali: "First published 1988 by Manchester University Press"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps and figures; Preface to new edition; Preface and acknowledgements; Note on Maasai terms; Introduction; The Pastoral Enterprise; Investment in Marriage; The Uncertain Gift of Life; The Maternal Bond and the Paternal Yoke in Childhood; Induction into the Age System; The Upsurge of Ritual Rebellion; The Manyata as a Republic; Anger, Constraint and the Ideology of Moranhood; Eunoto; The Transition to Elderhood and Relations through Women; The Women's Collective Response; Elderhood and the Paternal Yoke; The Meat Feast ; Conclusion: Rituals of Rebellion and the Trusteeship of Maasai CultureReferences; Subject index; Maasai index; Author index
• Sommario/riassunto: This study is the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organization to tensions within the family.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Maasai of Matapato
• ISBN: 1-134-37166-7; 1-138-14683-8; 1-134-37167-5; 1-280-07546-5; 0-203-58340-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819559703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge classic ethnographies.