Author: B. Bernardi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135103832X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Originally published in 1959 this volume studies the ritual office of the Mugwe which was of great social significance among the Meru of the Central Province of Kenya and analyses the social changes and decline of the Mugwe which came about in the second half of the twentieth century. Until this book was published there was no published literature on the Mugwe - one of the most basic and firmly established elements of the old structure of Meru social life.
The Mugwe
Author: B. Bernardi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135103832X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Originally published in 1959 this volume studies the ritual office of the Mugwe which was of great social significance among the Meru of the Central Province of Kenya and analyses the social changes and decline of the Mugwe which came about in the second half of the twentieth century. Until this book was published there was no published literature on the Mugwe - one of the most basic and firmly established elements of the old structure of Meru social life.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135103832X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Originally published in 1959 this volume studies the ritual office of the Mugwe which was of great social significance among the Meru of the Central Province of Kenya and analyses the social changes and decline of the Mugwe which came about in the second half of the twentieth century. Until this book was published there was no published literature on the Mugwe - one of the most basic and firmly established elements of the old structure of Meru social life.
Louis Dumont and Hierarchical Opposition
Author: Robert Parkin
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781845456474
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The work of Louis Dumont, who died in 1998, on India and modern individualism represented certain theoretical advances on the earlier structuralism of Claude Lévi-Strauss. One such advance is Dumont's idea of hierarchical opposition, which he proposed as a truer representation of indigenous ideologies than Lévi-Strauss's binary opposition. In this book the author argues that, although structuralism is often thought to have gone out of fashion, Dumont's greater concern with praxis and agency makes his own version of structuralism more contemporary. The work of his followers and fellow travelers, as well as his own, indicates that hierarchical opposition is capable of taking structuralism in new and more realistic directions, reminding us that it has never been the preserve of Lévi-Strauss alone. Robert Parkin is a social anthropologist who took his doctorate at the University of Oxford in 1984 for a thesis on kinship in South and Southeast Asia. His main theoretical interests are in kinship, religion and identity, and he has conducted research and field enquiries in Orissa (India), Poland, Italy and Brussels.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781845456474
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The work of Louis Dumont, who died in 1998, on India and modern individualism represented certain theoretical advances on the earlier structuralism of Claude Lévi-Strauss. One such advance is Dumont's idea of hierarchical opposition, which he proposed as a truer representation of indigenous ideologies than Lévi-Strauss's binary opposition. In this book the author argues that, although structuralism is often thought to have gone out of fashion, Dumont's greater concern with praxis and agency makes his own version of structuralism more contemporary. The work of his followers and fellow travelers, as well as his own, indicates that hierarchical opposition is capable of taking structuralism in new and more realistic directions, reminding us that it has never been the preserve of Lévi-Strauss alone. Robert Parkin is a social anthropologist who took his doctorate at the University of Oxford in 1984 for a thesis on kinship in South and Southeast Asia. His main theoretical interests are in kinship, religion and identity, and he has conducted research and field enquiries in Orissa (India), Poland, Italy and Brussels.
Cultural Attitudes to Animals Including Birds, Fish and Invertebrates: Semantics of animal symbolism
Canadian Ethnology Society: Papers from the fourth annual congress, 1977
Author: Richard J. Preston
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 1772822035
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
A companion volume to Applied Anthropology in Canada, this compilation of papers is likewise a product of the Fourth Annual Congress of the Canadian Ethnology Society which took place in Halifax in 1977. Papers are categorized according to the seven sessions: (1) Maritime Ethnology, (2) Micmac Research, (3) Folklore, (4) The Stranger, (5) The Context of Friendship, (6) Property and Ownership, and (7) Wage Labour Migration.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 1772822035
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
A companion volume to Applied Anthropology in Canada, this compilation of papers is likewise a product of the Fourth Annual Congress of the Canadian Ethnology Society which took place in Halifax in 1977. Papers are categorized according to the seven sessions: (1) Maritime Ethnology, (2) Micmac Research, (3) Folklore, (4) The Stranger, (5) The Context of Friendship, (6) Property and Ownership, and (7) Wage Labour Migration.
The World Archaeological Congress, 1-7 September 1986, Southampton and London: Cultural attitudes to animals including birds, fish and invertebrates (3 v.)
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Category : Anthropology, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
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Category : Anthropology, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
African Religion
Author: Laurenti Magesa
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 160833208X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Describes the moral teachings (values, norms and principles to follow so that life might be abundant for all) of the African religion as it relates to individuals and community.
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 160833208X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Describes the moral teachings (values, norms and principles to follow so that life might be abundant for all) of the African religion as it relates to individuals and community.
Africa and Change
Author: Colin M. Turnbull
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Getting Back Into Place
Author: Edward S. Casey
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253208378
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Offers a philosophical exploration of the pervasiveness of place. Presenting an account of the role of place in human experience, this book points to place's indispensability in navigation and orientation. The role of the lived body in matters of place isconsidered, and the characteristics of built places are explored.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253208378
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Offers a philosophical exploration of the pervasiveness of place. Presenting an account of the role of place in human experience, this book points to place's indispensability in navigation and orientation. The role of the lived body in matters of place isconsidered, and the characteristics of built places are explored.
Africa
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Includes Proceedings of the Executive council and List of members, also section "Review of books".
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Includes Proceedings of the Executive council and List of members, also section "Review of books".