The Samburu : a Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Spencer, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1965]
Edition:Reprint 2019.
Subjects:
Older people > Kenya > Samburu District > Social conditions.
Gerontocracy > Kenya > Samburu District.
Samburu (African people) > Kinship > Kenya.
NON-CLASSIFIABLE.
Samburu District (Kenya) > Social life and customs.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter One. THE PASTORAL ECONOMY
  • Chapter Two. CLANSHIP AND EXOGAMY
  • Chapter Three. THE FAMILY AND THE HERD
  • Chapter Four. THE STRUCTURE OF SAMBURU SOCIETY
  • Chapter Five. THE MORAN
  • Chapter Six. THE MORAN AND THE TOTAL SOCIETY
  • Chapter Seven. ELDERHOOD AND THE CURSE
  • Chapter Eight. THE STATUS OF WOMEN
  • Chapter Nine. SOCIAL ATTITUDES AND CEREMONY
  • Chapter Ten. THE SAMBURU AND SOME NEIGHBOURING TRIBES: A COMPARISON
  • Chapter Eleven. CONCLUSION: THE GERONTOCRATIC SOCIETY
  • Appendix. CENSUS TECHNIQUES AND DATA
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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