"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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