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Time, space, and the unknown : Maasai configurations of power and providence / / Paul Spencer
| 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 |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| 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-9910450581303321 |
Spencer Paul <1932, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Time, space, and the unknown : Maasai configurations of power and providence / / Paul Spencer
| 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-9910783804603321 |
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Spencer Paul <1932, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Time, space, and the unknown : Maasai configurations of power and providence / / Paul Spencer
| 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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Spencer Paul <1932->
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| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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