The nature of entrustment : intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa.

The nature of entrustment : intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa.

This groundbreaking book addresses issues of the keenest interest to anthropologists, specialists on Africa, and those concerned with international aid and development. Drawing on extensive research among Luo people in western Kenya and abroad over many years, Parker Shipton provides an insightful g...

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Detaylı Bibliyografya
Yazar: Shipton, Parker MacDonald
Materyal Türü: Ouvrage
Dil:Anglais
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007.
Seri Bilgileri:Yale agrarian studies series.
Konular:
Economic anthropology > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Ceremonial exchange > Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) > Finance.
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) > Commerce.
Anthropologie économique
Echange
Commerce
Afrique orientale
Kenya
Luo
Financement
Crédit
Dette
Don
Sacrifice
Echange cérémoniel
Mariage
Funérailles
Réciprocité
İçindekiler:
  • Fiduciary culture : a thread in anthropological theory
  • Luo and their livelihood : the Great Lake Basin and beyond
  • Entrustment incarnate : humans and animals over years and generations
  • Teaming up : borrowing, lending, and getting by
  • Marriage on the installment plan : the present and the promised
  • Debts in life and death : shared responsibility and the funerary flow
  • In the passing : inheritance of things and persons
  • Blood, fire, and word : Luo, Christian, and Luo-Christian sacrifice
  • Conclusion : Entrustment and obligation.

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