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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... groups 1. Title II . International African Institute III . Series 305.8'009676'2 Library of Congress cataloging in publication data applied for ISBN 0-7190-3010-2 hardback Typeset in Hong Kong by Best - set Typesetter Limited Printed in ...
... groups 2 Interview locations 4 237 DIAGRAMS 2 21 23 28 36 75 77 77 1 Alternative forms of inclusion of clans into major units 2 Sakuye clan list 3 The settlement order of the Sakuye at the site of the hayyu and jaldab inaugurations 4 ...
... groups which are quite different culturally and speak distinct languages and , indeed , may well be hostile . In order to understand these links Professor Schlee was led to detailed studies of local clan histories . This book documents ...
... Groups can change their composition , or their status , or their name , or their affiliation , or even all these features . There is no reason to believe that the ethnic group , the preferred unit of study of social and cultural ...
... groups are subunits , while the clan as a whole might not be demographically smaller or sociologically less important than any single ethnic unit . This double hierarchy can be depicted by two tree diagrams ( Diagram 1 ) . This book ...
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 |