Conflict, Age and Power in North East Africa

Age Systems in Transition

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

Av Simon Simonse, Eisei Kurimoto, Simon Simonse

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Age-systems as political instruments.Designed to counter-balance the conventional emphasis on religious and ritual functions, this collection of papers re-evaluates the political aspect of age systems in the context of national politics, civil and regional wars.North America: Ohio U Press

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Utgivningsdatum1998-04-16
Mått138 x 216 x 21 mm
Vikt386 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEastern African Studies
Antal sidor288
FörlagJames Currey
ISBN9780852552513

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Conflict, age and power in North East African age systems, Simon Simonse and Eisei Kurimoto; resonance of age systems in southeastern Sudan, Eisei Kurimoto; age, conflict and power in the monyomiji age systems, Simon Simonse; "brothers in arms" - military aspects of East African age-class systems in historical perspective, John Lamphear; generational systems on the threshold of the third millennium - an anthropological perspective, Serge Tornay; Gaga systems on the meta-ethical level - Gabbra/Boran/Garre interactions in the Kenyan-Ethiopian borderland, Gunther Schlee; women's age categories in a male-dominated society - the case of the Chamus of Kenya, Kaori Kawai; age systems and modes of predatory expansion, Paul Spencer; peacemakers, prophets, chiefs and warriors - age-set antagonism as a factor of political change among the Kipsigis of Kenya, Toru Komma; Rendille age system as an instrument of clan coherence and subsistence security, Shun Sato; two extinct age systems among the Iteso, Nobuhiro Nagashima.