ISBN:
9780415317238
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (295 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Series Statement:
Routledge Classic Ethnographies
Series Statement:
Routledge Classic Ethnographies Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version The Maasai of Matapato : A Study of Rituals of Rebellion
DDC:
305.8965
Keywords:
Age groups ; Kenya ; Matapatu
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Maasai (African people) ; Rites and ceremonies
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Maasai (African people) ; Social life and customs
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Matapatu (Kenya) ; Social life and customs
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This study is the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organization to tensions within the family
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps and figures; Preface to new edition; Preface and acknowledgements; Note on Maasai terms; Introduction; The Pastoral Enterprise; Investment in Marriage; The Uncertain Gift of Life; The Maternal Bond and the Paternal Yoke in Childhood; Induction into the Age System; The Upsurge of Ritual Rebellion; The Manyata as a Republic; Anger, Constraint and the Ideology of Moranhood; Eunoto; The Transition to Elderhood and Relations through Women; The Women's Collective Response; Elderhood and the Paternal Yoke; The Meat Feast
Description / Table of Contents:
Conclusion: Rituals of Rebellion and the Trusteeship of Maasai CultureReferences; Subject index; Maasai index; Author index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
