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The Pastoral Continuum: The Marginalization of Tradition in East Africa: Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Autor Paul Spencer
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 ian 1998
Paul Spencer presents the definitive study of the ways of life of the cattle-herding peoples of East Africa, drawing on many years of research. This region has offered a prime example of a traditional culture resisting the inevitability of change; it provides the best-known and most extensive instance both of cattle-pastoralist society and of social organization based primarily on age. Pastoral peoples were once dominant in the East African interior, but development of the market economy has progressively polarized the region and forced them into the most marginal, drought-ridden areas; in this ecological trap they have become a peripheral underclass. The Pastoral Continuum examines the richness and resilience of their cultures and illuminates the role of indigenous practices and institutions in adaptation and survival. The pastoralists' systems of age organization in particular are notable for their resilience: it is demonstrated that these are bound up with problems of growth and succession in family enterprises, and that marriage is a critical link in the web of alliance that governs the problematic relations between old and young. Spencer's exploration of the development of the pastoralist phenomenon yields a unique view of its place in the modern world and its prospects for the future. This landmark work by a leading authority will be of lasting value to any reader interested in traditional social systems of this kind.
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ISBN-13: 9780198233756
ISBN-10: 0198233752
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: line figures, maps, tables
Dimensiuni: 164 x 243 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.62 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Seria Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Recenzii

The author's statistical analyses provide valuable insights that will be of particular interest to more specialised readers. Spencer's study is neither overly romantic nor unduly pessimistic. He ends on a note of hope for the future of pastoralism as a way of life in eastern Africa./ Aneesa Kassam, lecturer in anthropology, Durham University, THES, 21/05/99.