The Maasai of Matapato : a study of rituals of rebellion / / Paul Spencer ; [with a new preface by Paul Spencer] |
Autore | Spencer Paul <1932-> |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina | 306/.089/965 |
Collana | Routledge classic ethnographies |
Soggetto topico |
Maasai (African people) - Social life and customs
Maasai (African people) - Rites and ceremonies Age groups - Kenya - Matapatu |
ISBN |
1-134-37166-7
1-138-14683-8 1-134-37167-5 1-280-07546-5 0-203-58340-X |
Classificazione | 73.06 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819559703321 |
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The Samburu : a study of gerontocracy / / Paul Spencer |
Autore | Spencer Paul <1932-> |
Edizione | [[New ed.].] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.089965 |
Collana | Routledge classic ethnographies |
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 |
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 | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819556703321 |
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Time, space, and the unknown : Maasai configurations of power and providence / / Paul Spencer |
Autore | Spencer Paul <1932-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
Disciplina | 306/.89/965 |
Soggetto topico |
Maasai (African people) - Rites and ceremonies
Cosmology, Maasai Maasai (African people) - Psychology Space and time Age groups - Kenya |
ISBN |
1-134-37159-4
1-134-37160-8 1-280-02479-8 0-203-58352-3 0-203-34862-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Note on orthography; Introduction; The boundaries of time, space, and certainty; The age system, and the social construction of time and experience; Power and the social construction of space; Providence and the cosmology of misfortune; The Loonkidongi diviners and Prophets; Loonkidongi oracles and cyclical reckoning among the Maasai; Diverging models in space and variation over time; The Purko Maasai in 1977: a northern model; The Kisonko Maasai of Loitokitok in 1977: a southern model; A pre-colonial model and the hub of power
Alternative models of social control among the Arusha MaasaiConclusion: the interplay of power and providence, and the theory of dilemmas; References; Subject index; Name index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824443603321 |
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