Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern KenyaRoutledge, 2018 M09 3 - 290 pages Originally published in 1989, this book examines how the inter-ethnic relationships of the clans of the pastoral Rendille, Gabbra, Sakuye and some Somalis of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia came about. It also examines the uses to which these inter-ethnic relationships are put: for example in managing herds. Oral history is combined with cultural comparison and the analysis of social structure. Blending synchronic and diachronic perspectives, the book synthesises historical ethnology in the Continental tradition with social anthropology. Historically it overturns some established ideas about how the Horn of Africa was settled. Anthropologically it shows how relations may exceed the bounds of the ethnic group as the conventional unit of study. |
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... culture : a comparative approach to history 5 The inter - ethnic clan clusters 6 Conclusion 8 30 54 145 234 237 240 Appendix : Interviews and their locations Notes Bibliography Index 266 275 MAPS , DIAGRAMS AND TABLES MAPS page 1 ...
... culture and ethnicity . Some have looked to broader categories such as emergent classes , elites and new social and political formations , while others , especially those concerned with agricultural developments , have concentrated on ...
... cultures of the Cushitic - speaking peoples has been enlarged . The synthesis of methods is so productive because of the range and depth of Professor Schlee's field research , his fluent command of the Rendille , Boran and Somali ...
... cultural anthropologists , is exempt from such processes of remoulding . In fact , the recent and artificial nature of some ethnic identities – a number of which have apparently only formed in response to colonial rule – has repeatedly ...
... cultural differences are quite marked but , nevertheless , their cross - ethnic clan ties form a dense web . The Rendille who live in the southern part of Marsabit District , between Lake Rudolf ( Turkana ) in the west and Marsabit in ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 The historical frame | 30 |
a comparative approach to history | 54 |
Chapter 5 The interethnic clan clusters | 145 |
Chapter 6 Conclusion | 234 |
Interviews and their locations | 237 |
Notes | 240 |
Bibliography | 266 |
Index | 275 |
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Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 2018 |
Identities on the Move: Clanship and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya Günther Schlee Limited preview - 1989 |