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Author Spencer, Paul, 1932-

Title The Maasai of Matapato : a study of rituals of rebellion / Paul Spencer ; [with a new preface by Paul Spencer].

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 296 pages) : illustrations, 1 map.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Routledge classic ethnographies
Routledge classic ethnographies.
Note "First published 1988 by Manchester University Press"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281) and index.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps and figures; Preface to new edition; Preface and acknowledgements; Note on Maasai terms; Introduction; The Pastoral Enterprise; Investment in Marriage; The Uncertain Gift of Life; The Maternal Bond and the Paternal Yoke in Childhood; Induction into the Age System; The Upsurge of Ritual Rebellion; The Manyata as a Republic; Anger, Constraint and the Ideology of Moranhood; Eunoto; The Transition to Elderhood and Relations through Women; The Women's Collective Response; Elderhood and the Paternal Yoke; The Meat Feast.
Conclusion: Rituals of Rebellion and the Trusteeship of Maasai CultureReferences; Subject index; Maasai index; Author index.
Summary This study is the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organization to tensions within the family.
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Subject Maasai (African people) -- Social life and customs.
Maasai (African people) -- Social life and customs.
Maasai (African people)
Maasai (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
Maasai (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
Age groups -- Kenya -- Matapatu.
Age groups.
Kenya -- Matapatu.
Matapatu (Kenya) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Spencer, Paul, 1932- Maasai of Matapato. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415317231 (DLC) 2003046979 (OCoLC)52251437
ISBN 020358340X (electronic book)
9780203583401 (electronic book)
0415317231 (Paper)
9786610075461
6610075468

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