"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 organi...

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1. Verfasser:	Spencer, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London [u.a.] Routledge 2004
Ausgabe:	This ed. 1 publ.
Schriftenreihe:	Routledge classic ethnographies
Schlagworte:	Groupes d'âge - Kenya - Matapatu Masai Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) - Murs et coutumes Massaï (Peuple d'Afrique) - Rites et cérémonies Alltag, Brauchtum Age groups > Kenya > Matapatu Maasai (African people) > Rites and ceremonies Maasai (African people) > Social life and customs Sozialordnung Massai Altersklasse Matapatu (Kenya) - Murs et coutumes Matapatu (Kenya) > Social life and customs Matapatu
Zusammenfassung:	"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.
Beschreibung:	"First published 1988 by Manchester University Press"--T.p. verso. - Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beschreibung:	XXI, 296 S. graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:	0415317231