ISBN:
0415317231
Language:
English
Pages:
XXI, 296 S.
,
graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
This ed. 1 publ.
Series Statement:
Routledge classic ethnographies
DDC:
306/.089/965
Keywords:
Groupes d'âge - Kenya - Matapatu
;
Masai
;
Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) - Mœurs et coutumes
;
Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) - Rites et cérémonies
;
Alltag, Brauchtum
;
Age groups
;
Maasai (African people) Rites and ceremonies
;
Maasai (African people) Social life and customs
;
Sozialordnung
;
Massai
;
Altersklasse
;
Matapatu (Kenya) - Mœurs et coutumes
;
Matapatu (Kenya) Social life and customs
;
Matapatu
;
Matapatu
;
Altersklasse
;
Massai
;
Matapatu
;
Sozialordnung
;
Massai
Abstract:
"First published in 1988, The Maasai of Matapato has become a classic of ethnography. This detailed study of the Maasai of the Matapato region of Kenya builds up a full and engaging picture of the rituals and ideals of life amongst the Maasai. It deals with the cultural phenomenon of age organization, and looks particularly at three central questions: how men and women are controlled by age organization for the majority of their lives: how men and women develop age-sets and turn them into ongoing concerns: and how age-sets are connected to the management of households; particularly the control of women, children and cattle. Spencer examines the age system, marriage and family to consider how the Maasai's social values and relationships are expressed in, and shaped by, concepts of age."--BOOK JACKET.
Note:
"First published 1988 by Manchester University Press"--T.p. verso. - Includes bibliographical references and index.
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/2003046979-d.html
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2003046979-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/2003046979-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2003046979-d.html
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