From Mukogodo to Maasai

Ethnicity and Cultural Change In Kenya
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31585-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 434 g

Reihe: Case Studies in Anthropology

Can one change one's ethnicity? Can an entire ethnic group change its ethnicity? This book focuses on the strategic manipulation of ethnic identity by the Mukogodo of Kenya. Until the 1920s and 1930s, the Mukogodo were Cushitic-speaking foragers (hunters, gatherers, and beekeepers). However, changes brought on by British colonial policies led them

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cronk, Lee

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Koisa's People -- 2 "People Who Live in Rocks" -- 3 From Mukogodo to Maasai -- 4 Poverty as Routine -- 5 Boys and Girls, Words and Deeds -- 6 Are They Maasai Yet?

Über Autor(innen)

Lee Cronk is associate professor of anthropology at Rutgers University. He is the author of That Complex Whole (Westview Press, 1999).