ISBN:
9780520347328
,
0520347323
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (370 pages)
Series Statement:
UC Press voices revived
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Swartz, Marc J Way the World Is
DDC:
306.4/08996392
Keywords:
Swahili-speaking peoples
;
Swahili-speaking peoples Social life and customs
;
Swahili (Peuple d'Afrique) - Kenya - Mombasa
;
Swahili (Peuple d'Afrique) - Mœurs et coutumes
;
Mombasa (Kenya) Social life and customs
;
Swahili-speaking peoples Kenya
;
Mombasa
;
Swahili-speaking peoples Social life and customs
;
Mombasa (Kenya) Social life and customs
Abstract:
Marc Swartz takes us for the first time into the homes and neighborhoods of the Swahili in the East African port of Mombasa. At the same time he develops a new model for the operation and transmission of culture. In asking how cultural elements influence the social behavior of those who do not share them as well as of those who do, Swartz points to the mediation of status. The many types of status available to individuals provide gui
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