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Maasai Of Matapato - A Study Of Rituals Of Rebellion

by Paul Spencer

68,89€ + 10% CARD

 This study pioneered the relation of the dynamics of the Maasai age organization to tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man's career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. This analysis is illustrated with case material from the Matapato: a typical Maasai group.
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Samburu - A Study In Geocentracy

by Paul Spencer

60,94€ + 10% CARD

 The Samburu society of northern Kenya is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men. The tribe cling to their traditional way of life despite rapid changes throughout Africa. The author spent more than two years amongst the Samburu: he shows how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change.
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Custom And Politics In Urban Africa - A Study Of Hausa Migrants In Yoruba Towns

by Abner Cohen

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 Based on Cohen's fieldwork in the 60s among the Hausa migrants, this is a landmark work in urban anthropology and provides a comparative framework for studying political processes in African societies.
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Custom And Politics In Urban Africa - A Study Of Hausa Migrants In Yoruba Towns

by Abner Cohen

35,76€ + 10% CARD

 Based on Cohen's fieldwork in the 60s among the Hausa migrants, this is a landmark work in urban anthropology and provides a comparative framework for studying political processes in African societies.
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Custom And Politics In Urban Africa - A Study Of Hausa Migrants In Yoruba Towns

by Abner Cohen

155,47€ + 10% CARD

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 Based on Cohen's fieldwork in the 60s among the Hausa migrants, this is a landmark work in urban anthropology and provides a comparative framework for studying political processes in African societies.
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Hunger And Work In A Savage Tribe - A Functional Study Of Nutrition Among The Southern Bantu

by Audrey Richards

189,26€ + 10% CARD

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 Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement 'nutrition as a biological process is more fundamental than sex'.
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Aboriginal Woman Sacred And Profane

by Phyllis Kaberry

189,26€ + 10% CARD

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 First published in 1939 by Routledge, this classic ethnography portrays the aboriginal woman as she really is--a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, rituals, and point of view.
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The Maasai Of Matapato - A Study Of Rituals Of Rebellion

by Paul Spencer

189,26€ + 10% CARD

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 This study pioneered the relation of the dynamics of the Maasai age organization to tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man's career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. This analysis is illustrated with case material from the Matapato: a typical Maasai group.
ENGLISH

Maasai Of Matapato - A Study Of Rituals Of Rebellion

by Paul Spencer

68,89€ + 10% CARD

 This study pioneered the relation of the dynamics of the Maasai age organization to tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man's career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. This analysis is illustrated with case material from the Matapato: a typical Maasai group.
ENGLISH

Samburu - A Study In Geocentracy

by Paul Spencer

60,94€ + 10% CARD

 The Samburu society of northern Kenya is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men. The tribe cling to their traditional way of life despite rapid changes throughout Africa. The author spent more than two years amongst the Samburu: he shows how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change.
ENGLISH

Aboriginal Woman Sacred And Profane

by Phyllis Kaberry

74,19€ + 10% CARD

 First published in 1939 by Routledge, this classic ethnography portrays the aboriginal woman as she really is--a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, rituals, and point of view.
ENGLISH

Aboriginal Woman Sacred And Profane

by Phyllis Kaberry

74,19€ + 10% CARD

 First published in 1939 by Routledge, this classic ethnography portrays the aboriginal woman as she really is--a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, rituals, and point of view.
ENGLISH

Hunger And Work In A Savage Tribe - A Functional Study Of Nutrition Among The Southern Bantu

by Audrey Richards

66,24€ + 10% CARD

 Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement 'nutrition as a biological process is more fundamental than sex'.
ENGLISH

Hunger And Work In A Savage Tribe - A Functional Study Of Nutrition Among The Southern Bantu

by Audrey Richards

66,24€ + 10% CARD

 Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement 'nutrition as a biological process is more fundamental than sex'.
ENGLISH

Women Of The Grassfields - A Study Of The Economic Position Of Women In Barmenda, British Cameroons

by Phyllis Kaberry

55,64€ + 10% CARD

 This classic ethnography examines the social and economic position of women in Bamena, British Cameroons, in 1944.
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Women Of The Grassfields - A Study Of The Economic Position Of Women In Barmenda, British Cameroons

by Phyllis Kaberry

55,64€ + 10% CARD

 This classic ethnography examines the social and economic position of women in Bamena, British Cameroons, in 1944.
ENGLISH

Hunger And Work In A Savage Tribe - A Functional Study Of Nutrition Among The Southern Bantu

by Audrey Richards

67,58€ + 10% CARD

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 Hunger and Work in a Savage Tribe examines the cultural aspects of food and eating among the Southern Bantu, taking as its starting point the bold statement 'nutrition as a biological process is more fundamental than sex'.
ENGLISH

The Maasai Of Matapato - A Study Of Rituals Of Rebellion

by Paul Spencer

70,29€ + 10% CARD

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 This study pioneered the relation of the dynamics of the Maasai age organization to tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man's career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. This analysis is illustrated with case material from the Matapato: a typical Maasai group.
ENGLISH

The Samburu - A Study In Geocentracy

by Paul Spencer

62,18€ + 10% CARD

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 The Samburu society of northern Kenya is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men. The tribe cling to their traditional way of life despite rapid changes throughout Africa. The author spent more than two years amongst the Samburu: he shows how their values and attitudes are closely interwoven with a social system that resists change.
ENGLISH

Custom And Politics In Urban Africa - A Study Of Hausa Migrants In Yoruba Towns

by Abner Cohen

50,01€ + 10% CARD

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 Based on Cohen's fieldwork in the 60s among the Hausa migrants, this is a landmark work in urban anthropology and provides a comparative framework for studying political processes in African societies.
ENGLISH

Women Of The Grassfields - A Study Of The Economic Position Of Women In Barmenda, British Cameroons

by Phyllis Kaberry

56,77€ + 10% CARD

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 This classic ethnography examines the social and economic position of women in Bamena, British Cameroons, in 1944.
ENGLISH

Aboriginal Woman Sacred And Profane - Sacred And Profane

by Phyllis Kaberry

75,69€ + 10% CARD

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 First published in 1939 by Routledge, this classic ethnography portrays the aboriginal woman as she really is--a complex social personality with her own prerogatives, duties, problems, beliefs, rituals, and point of view.

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