Houses in the rain forest : ethnicity and inequality among farmers and foragers in Central Africa /

This is the first ethnographic study of the farmers and foragers of northeastern Zaire since Colin Turnbull's classic works of the 1960s. Roy Richard Grinker lived for nearly two years among the Lese farmers and their long-term partners, the Efe (Pygmies), learned their languages, and gained un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grinker, Roy Richard, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Efe (African people) > Hunting.
Efe (African people) > Ethnic identity.
Hunting and gathering societies > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Ituri Forest.
Lese (African people) > Agriculture.
Lese (African people) > Ethnic identity.
Agriculture > Social aspects > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Ituri Forest.
Chasseurs-cueilleurs > Congo (République démocratique) > Forêt de l'Iturie.
Lese (Peuple d'Afrique) > Agriculture.
Lese (Peuple d'Afrique) > Identité ethnique.
Agriculture > Aspect social > Congo (République démocratique) > Forêt de l'Iturie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Agriculture > Social aspects
Efe (African people) > Hunting
Ethnic relations
Hunting and gathering societies
Lese (African people) > Agriculture
Ituri Forest (Congo) > Ethnic relations.
Forêt de l'Iturie (Congo) > Relations interethniques.
Congo (Democratic Republic) > Ituri Forest
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Note on language and orthography
  • Introduction: from tribes to ethnic groups
  • The history and isolation of the Lese
  • Gender and ethnicity
  • The house and the economy
  • Witchcraft and the opposition of houses
  • Conclusion: a union of opposites.

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