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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grinker, Roy Richard, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 unique insights into their complex social relations and ethnic identities. By showing how political organization is structured by ethnic and gender relations in the Lese h.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 225 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index.
ISBN:9780520915664
0520915666
0585129789
9780585129785
9780520089754
0520089758
9780520083578
0520083571