Youth and experiences of ageing among Maa models of society evoked by the Maasai, Samburu, and Chamus of Kenya

The Maa of East Africa are a cluster of related pastoral peoples who share a social organization based on age. This groups men into life-long cohorts from their initiation in youth, regardless of family wealth. Historically, this type of pre-market society has been described in every continent, but...

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Otros Autores: Spencer, Paul, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Warsaw, [Poland] ; Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter 2014
2014.
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  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Reminiscence and the Manipulation of Experience
  • Part I: The Maasai Age System (1976-77)
  • 2 The Natural Substructure of Age-set Systems and the Social Construction of Ageing among Maasai
  • 3 Stratification and Social Mobility: Patterns of Inequality among Maasai and Hindus
  • 4 Anger, Comradeship and Age-set Exogamy among Maasai: an Elaboration of Alliance Theory
  • Part II: Samburu Ritual and Cosmology (1957-60, 1962)
  • 5 Arenas of Dance among Samburu
  • 6 Anxiety and the Interpretation of Ritual among Samburu
  • 7 The Transfiguration of Samburu Religion
  • Part III: Indigenous Democracy and Change Among the Chamus (1959, 1977)
  • 8 The Evolution of Indigenous Knowledge among Chamus - or Global Diffusion?
  • 9 Maa Democracy, Development and Alternative Realities: an Open Letter
  • References
  • List of Maps
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Charts
  • List of Plates
  • Subject Index
  • Name Index