From Mukogodo to Maasai : ethnicity and cultural change in Kenya /

Can one change one's ethnicity? Can an entire ethnic group change its ethnicity? This book focuses on the strategic manipulation of ethnic identity by the Mukogodo of Kenya. Until the 1920s and 1930s, the Mukogodo were Cushitic-speaking foragers (hunters, gatherers, and beekeepers). However, ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cronk, Lee
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, ©2004.
Colección:Anthropology online.
Temas:
Maasai (African people) > Colonization.
Maasai (African people) > Ethnic identity.
Maasai (African people) > Social life and customs.
Yaaku (African people) > Cultural assimilation.
Yaaku (African people) > Ethnic identity.
Yaaku (African people) > Social conditions.
Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) > Colonisation.
Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) > Identité ethnique.
Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Mukogodo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Acculturation.
Mukogodo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Identité ethnique.
Mukogodo (Peuple d'Afrique) > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Maasai (African people) > Ethnic identity
Maasai (African people) > Social life and customs
Ethnische Identität
Kulturwandel
Mukogodo
Etnische groepen.
Etnisch bewustzijn.
Cultuurverandering.
Masai.
Mukogodo.
Ethnicity.
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Descripción
Sumario:Can one change one's ethnicity? Can an entire ethnic group change its ethnicity? This book focuses on the strategic manipulation of ethnic identity by the Mukogodo of Kenya. Until the 1920s and 1930s, the Mukogodo were Cushitic-speaking foragers (hunters, gatherers, and beekeepers). However, changes brought on by British colonial policies led them to move away from life as independent foragers and into the orbit of the high-status Maasai, whom they began to emulate. Today, the Mukogodo form the bottom rung of a regional socioeconomic ladder of Maa-speaking pastoralists. An interesting by-
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 172 pages : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index.
ISBN:9780786729937
0786729937
9780429979972
0429979975

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