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The Samburu : a study of gerontocracy / / Paul Spencer ; [with a new preface by Paul Spencer]



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Autore: Spencer Paul <1932, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Samburu : a study of gerontocracy / / Paul Spencer ; [with a new preface by Paul Spencer] Visualizza cluster
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
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  Visualizza cluster
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.: 9910784088403321
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Serie: Routledge classic ethnographies.