The Maasai of Matapato : a study of rituals of rebellion /

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This study is the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organization to tensions within the family.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spencer, Paul, 1932-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Colección:Routledge classic ethnographies.
Temas:
Maasai (African people) > Social life and customs.
Maasai (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Age groups > Kenya > Matapatu.
Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies.
Groupes d'âge > Kenya > Matapatu.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Age groups
Maasai (African people) > Rites and ceremonies
Maasai (African people) > Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Matapatu (Kenya) > Social life and customs.
Matapatu (Kenya) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Kenya > Matapatu
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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