| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- part Part I THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME, SPACE, AND CERTAINTY -- chapter 2 THE AGE SYSTEM, AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TIME AND EXPERIENCE -- chapter 3 POWER AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE -- chapter 4 PROVIDENCE AND THE COSMOLOGY OF MISFORTUNE -- chapter 5 THE LOONKIDONGI DIVINERS AND PROPHETS -- chapter 6 LOONKIDONGI ORACLES AND CYCLICAL RECKONING AMONG THE MAASAI -- part Part II DIVERGING MODELS IN SPACE AND VARIATION OVER TIME -- chapter 7 THE PURKO MAASAI IN 1977 -- A northern model -- chapter 8 THE KISONKO MAASAI OF LOITOKITOK IN 1977 -- A southern model -- chapter 9 A PRE-COLONIAL MODEL AND THE HUB OF POWER -- chapter 10 ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF SOCIAL CONTROL AMONG THE ARUSHA MAASAI -- chapter 11 CONCLUSION -- The interplay of power and providence, and the theory of dilemmas |
| Summary |
Time, Space and the Unknown follows on from The Maasai of Matapoto and The Samburu to show how uncertainty and misfortune influence the social life of the Maasai |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-278) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Maasai (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies
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Cosmology, Maasai.
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Maasai (African people) -- Psychology
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Space and time.
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Age groups -- Kenya
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Divorce & Separation.
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Age groups.
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Cosmology, Maasai.
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Maasai (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Space and time.
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Kenya.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203583523 |
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9780203583524 |
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9780415317245 |
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041531724X |
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9786610024797 |
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6610024790 |
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1134371608 |
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9781134371600 |
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1280024798 |
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9781280024795 |
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0203348621 |
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9780203348628 |
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