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The Pastoral Continuum
The Marginalization of Tradition in East Africa
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 1998
3819 kr
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Paul Spencer presents the definitive study of the ways of life of the cattle-herding peoples of East Africa, drawing on many years of research. This region has offered a prime example of a traditional culture resisting the inevitability of change; it provides the best-known and most extensive …
Maasai of Matapato
A Study of Rituals of Rebellion
Av Paul Spencer
Häftad, 2003
805 kr
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When first published in 1988, this classic study was the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organisation to the tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man's career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. The …
Time, Space and the Unknown
Maasai Configurations of Power and Providence
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 2003
2504 kr
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First Published in 2004. Uncertainty is an aspect of existence among the Maasai in East Africa. They take ritual precautions against mystical misfortune, especially at their ceremonial gatherings, which exude displays of confidence, and generate a sense of time, space, community, and being. Yet …
Samburu
A Study in Geocentracy
Av Paul Spencer
Häftad, 2003
704 kr
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Samburu society is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men; men under thirty may not marry or otherwise assert their personal independence. This nomadic tribe from the arid regions of northern Kenya cling to their traditional way of life despite the rapid change throughout Africa. …
Samburu
A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 2004
2504 kr
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In an era of rapid change for Africa, this nomadic tribe clings to its traditional way of life. This book examines their society, and provides the first full published description of human life in the area. The author, a social anthropologist, spent more than two years among the Samburu; as an …
Time, Space and the Unknown
Maasai Configurations of Power and Providence
Av Paul Spencer
Häftad, 2009
747 kr
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First Published in 2004. Uncertainty is an aspect of existence among the Maasai in East Africa. They take ritual precautions against mystical misfortune, especially at their ceremonial gatherings, which exude displays of confidence, and generate a sense of time, space, community, and being. Yet …
Samburu
A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe
Av Paul Spencer
Häftad, 1965
392 kr
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The Samburu: A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe by Paul Spencer offers a rich ethnographic account of a pastoral society in northern Kenya whose political and social life is organized around the authority of elders. Closely related linguistically and culturally to the Masai, the Samburu …
Samburu
A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 1965
433 kr
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed …
Samburu
A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 1965
1156 kr
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The Samburu: A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe by Paul Spencer offers a rich ethnographic account of a pastoral society in northern Kenya whose political and social life is organized around the authority of elders. Closely related linguistically and culturally to the Masai, the Samburu …
Society and the Dance
The Social Anthropology of Process and Performance
Av Paul Spencer
Häftad, 1986
435 kr
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Dancing has its place in all societies; yet the phenomenon of dance has been oddly neglected by most anthropologists. This volume is intended to further anthropological awareness of its critical relevance. It is claimed that, in a very important sense, society creates the dance, and it is to …
Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx
Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 2025
1022 kr
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Originally published in 1990, Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx: Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course , seeks to relate the problems of maturation and ageing to the life course as a whole. As it is treated here, the riddle posed by the sphinx asks ‘What is it that changes as we age?’ …
Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx
Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 2025
1022 kr
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Originally published in 1990, Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx: Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course , seeks to relate the problems of maturation and ageing to the life course as a whole. As it is treated here, the riddle posed by the sphinx asks ‘What is it that changes as we age?’ …
Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx
Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 2025
1517 kr
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Originally published in 1990, Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx: Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course, seeks to relate the problems of maturation and ageing to the life course as a whole. As it is treated here, the riddle posed by the sphinx asks ‘What is it that changes as we age?’ and …
Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx
Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course
Av Paul Spencer
Häftad, 2026
471 kr
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Originally published in 1990, Anthropology and the Riddle of the Sphinx: Paradoxes of Change in the Life Course, seeks to relate the problems of maturation and ageing to the life course as a whole. As it is treated here, the riddle posed by the sphinx asks ‘What is it that changes as we age?’ and …
Samburu
A Study in Geocentracy
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 2004
831 kr
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Samburu society is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men; men under thirty may not marry or otherwise assert their personal independence. This nomadic tribe from the arid regions of northern Kenya cling to their traditional way of life despite the rapid change throughout Africa. …
Samburu
A Study in Geocentracy
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 2004
813 kr
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Samburu society is a gerontocracy in which power rests with the older men; men under thirty may not marry or otherwise assert their personal independence. This nomadic tribe from the arid regions of northern Kenya cling to their traditional way of life despite the rapid change throughout Africa. …
Time, Space and the Unknown
Maasai Configurations of Power and Providence
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 2004
883 kr
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First Published in 2004. Uncertainty is an aspect of existence among the Maasai in East Africa. They take ritual precautions against mystical misfortune, especially at their ceremonial gatherings, which exude displays of confidence, and generate a sense of time, space, community, and being. Yet …
Time, Space and the Unknown
Maasai Configurations of Power and Providence
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 2004
864 kr
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First Published in 2004. Uncertainty is an aspect of existence among the Maasai in East Africa. They take ritual precautions against mystical misfortune, especially at their ceremonial gatherings, which exude displays of confidence, and generate a sense of time, space, community, and being. Yet …
Maasai of Matapato
A Study of Rituals of Rebellion
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 2004
849 kr
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When first published in 1988, this classic study was the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organisation to the tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man''s career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. The …
Maasai of Matapato
A Study of Rituals of Rebellion
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 2004
849 kr
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When first published in 1988, this classic study was the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organisation to the tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man''s career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. The …
Samburu
A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 2013
624 kr
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In an era of rapid change for Africa, this nomadic tribe clings to its traditional way of life. This book examines their society, and provides the first full published description of human life in the area. The author, a social anthropologist, spent more than two years among the Samburu; as an …
Samburu
A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe
Av Paul Spencer
E-bok, 2013
624 kr
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In an era of rapid change for Africa, this nomadic tribe clings to its traditional way of life. This book examines their society, and provides the first full published description of human life in the area. The author, a social anthropologist, spent more than two years among the Samburu; as an …
Maasai of Matapato
A Study of Rituals of Rebellion
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 2016
2126 kr
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When first published in 1988, this classic study was the first to relate the dynamics of the Maasai age organisation to the tensions within the family. Together, these provide the twin strands of a man's career, opposed ritually and reflecting a fundamental ambivalence in Maasai thought. The …
Samburu
A Study of Gerontocracy in a Nomadic Tribe
Av Paul Spencer
Häftad, 2015
530 kr
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In an era of rapid change for Africa, this nomadic tribe clings to its traditional way of life. This book examines their society, and provides the first full published description of human life in the area. The author, a social anthropologist, spent more than two years among the Samburu; as an …
Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Volume I
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 2015
1451 kr
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Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Volume II
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 2015
1116 kr
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Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Volume III
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 2015
1081 kr
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Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Volume IV
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 2015
877 kr
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Translational and Clinical Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Av Paul Spencer
Inbunden, 2023
1600 kr
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