Samburu : a Study in Geocentracy.

Based on two years' study in northern Kenya, this book explores a culture in which power rests with older men.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spencer, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2003.
Temas:
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.
Samburu (Peuple d'Afrique) > Conditions sociales.
Samburu (Peuple d'Afrique) > Parenté.
Samburu (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies du mariage.
Personnes âgées > Kenya > Samburu (District) > Conditions sociales.
Gérontocratie > Kenya > Samburu (District)
Gerontocracy
Manners and customs
Older people > Social conditions
Samburu (African people) > Social conditions
Samburu District (Kenya) > Social life and customs.
Samburu (Kenya : District) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Kenya > Samburu District
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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