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Kenyan khat : the social life of a stimulant / / by Neil C.M. Carrier



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Autore: Carrier Neil C. M Visualizza persona
Titolo: Kenyan khat : the social life of a stimulant / / by Neil C.M. Carrier Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
Disciplina: 362.29/9
Soggetto topico: Khat
Khat - Kenya
Drug traffic - Kenya
Drug control
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261] - 266) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Materials / N Carrier -- Introduction / N Carrier -- Chapter One. Cultivating Miraa In The Nyambene Hills / N Carrier -- Chapter Two. From Mutuati To Manchester: Miraa’s Trajectories / N Carrier -- Chapter Three. Transporting Miraa / N Carrier -- Chapter Four. Bargaining Over Bundles / N Carrier -- Chapter Five. Trust, Suspicion And Conflict In Miraa Trade Relations / N Carrier -- Chapter Six. Chewing / N Carrier -- Chapter Seven. Miraa And The War On Drugs / N Carrier -- Conclusion / N Carrier -- Glossary / N Carrier -- Bibliography / N Carrier -- Index / N Carrier.
Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a richly detailed ethnography of Kenyan khat, tracing some of the many national and transnational trajectories this controversial stimulant takes from its centre of production in the Nyambene Hills to consumers in Kenya and throughout the world. The author, guided by his friend and khat connoisseur M'Mucheke, draws out the full economic, social and cultural significance of the substance, situating this significance within current debates on the legality of khat and the global rhetoric of the 'war on drugs'. The work explores how networks of Kenyan khat bring people of diverse backgrounds together in sometimes uneasy relationships, and highlights the vast cluster of meanings this remarkable commodity has accrued in its 'social life'.
Titolo autorizzato: Kenyan khat  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-92106-8
9786611921064
90-474-1914-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910825720203321
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Serie: African social studies series ; ; v. 15.