Time, space, and the unknown : Maasai configurations of power and providence /

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Time, Space and the Unknown follows on from The Maasai of Matapoto and The Samburu to show how uncertainty and misfortune influence the social life of the Maasai.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spencer, Paul, 1932-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Temas:
Maasai (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Cosmology, Maasai.
Maasai (African people) > Psychology.
Space and time.
Age groups > Kenya.
Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies.
Cosmologie massaï.
Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) > Psychologie.
Groupes d'âge > Kenya.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Divorce & Separation.
Age groups
Cosmology, Maasai
Maasai (African people) > Rites and ceremonies
Space and time
Kenya
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
  • part Part I THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME, SPACE, AND CERTAINTY
  • chapter 2 THE AGE SYSTEM, AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TIME AND EXPERIENCE
  • chapter 3 POWER AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE
  • chapter 4 PROVIDENCE AND THE COSMOLOGY OF MISFORTUNE
  • chapter 5 THE LOONKIDONGI DIVINERS AND PROPHETS
  • chapter 6 LOONKIDONGI ORACLES AND CYCLICAL RECKONING AMONG THE MAASAI
  • part Part II DIVERGING MODELS IN SPACE AND VARIATION OVER TIME
  • chapter 7 THE PURKO MAASAI IN 1977
  • A northern model
  • chapter 8 THE KISONKO MAASAI OF LOITOKITOK IN 1977
  • A southern model
  • chapter 9 A PRE-COLONIAL MODEL AND THE HUB OF POWER
  • chapter 10 ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF SOCIAL CONTROL AMONG THE ARUSHA MAASAI
  • chapter 11 CONCLUSION
  • The interplay of power and providence, and the theory of dilemmas.

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