801117887     

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Time, space, and the unknown : Maasai configurations of power and providence / Paul Spencer

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003

Online Ressource (xv, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-278) and indexes. - Print version record

Print version: Time, space, and the unknown

0-203-58352-3 (electronic bk.); 978-0-203-58352-4 ( : electronic bk.)

0-415-31724-X (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 54491117 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

DT433.545.M33

306.89965 ; 306/.89/965     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: FAM015000 ; bisacsh: FAM 015000

LOC-SH: Maasai (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies ; Maasai (African people) -- Psychology ; Age groups -- Kenya ; Cosmology, Maasai ; Space and time ; Maasai (African people) -- Psychology ; Maasai (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies ; Age groups -- Kenya ; Space and time ; Age groups -- Kenya ; Maasai (African people) -- Psychology ; Cosmology, Maasai ; Maasai (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies ; Electronic books

Electronic books ; Kenya ; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS ; Divorce & Separation ; Age groups ; Cosmology, Maasai ; Maasai (African people) ; Rites and ceremonies ; Space and time

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- part Part I THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME, SPACE, AND CERTAINTY -- chapter 2 THE AGE SYSTEM, AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TIME AND EXPERIENCE -- chapter 3 POWER AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE -- chapter 4 PROVIDENCE AND THE COSMOLOGY OF MISFORTUNE -- chapter 5 THE LOONKIDONGI DIVINERS AND PROPHETS -- chapter 6 LOONKIDONGI ORACLES AND CYCLICAL RECKONING AMONG THE MAASAI -- part Part II DIVERGING MODELS IN SPACE AND VARIATION OVER TIME -- chapter 7 THE PURKO MAASAI IN 1977 -- A northern model -- chapter 8 THE KISONKO MAASAI OF LOITOKITOK IN 1977 -- A southern model -- chapter 9 A PRE-COLONIAL MODEL AND THE HUB OF POWER -- chapter 10 ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF SOCIAL CONTROL AMONG THE ARUSHA MAASAI -- chapter 11 CONCLUSION -- The interplay of power and providence, and the theory of dilemmas.

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Time, Space and the Unknown follows on from The Maasai of Matapoto and The Samburu to show how uncertainty and misfortune influence the social life of the Maasai