Identities on the Move

Clanship and Pastorialism in Northern Kenya

Günther Schlee (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

290 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
9781138335066 (ISBN)

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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.

Günther Schlee

1. Introduction 2. Clan, Phratry, Tribe, Ethnic Group as Defined by Empirical Findings 3. The Historical Frame 4. Elements of a Proto-Culture: a Comparative Approach to History 5. The Inter-Ethnic Clan Clusters 6. Conclusion. Appendix: Interviews and Their Locations

Erscheinungsdatum	25.08.2020
Reihe/Serie	African Seminars: Scholarship from the International African Institute
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781138335066 / 9781138335066
Zustand	Neuware