Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Cronk, Lee
Titre(s) : From Mukogodo to Maasai [Texte électronique] : ethnicity and cultural change in Kenya / Lee Cronk
Publication : Boulder ( Colo.) : Westview Press, copyright 2004
Description matérielle : 1 online resource : ill.
Collection : Westview case studies in anthropology
Lien à la collection : Westview case studies in anthropology series (Online)
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-160) and index
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 to move away from life as independent foragers and into the orbit of the
high-status Maasai, whom they began to emulate. Today, the Mukogodo form the bottom
rung of a regional socioeconomic ladder of Maa-speaking pastoralists. An interesting
by
Sujet(s) : Maasaï (peuple d'Afrique) -- Colonisation
Maasaï (peuple d'Afrique) -- Identité collective
Maasaï (peuple d'Afrique) -- Moeurs et coutumes
Maasaï (peuple d'Afrique) -- Conditions sociales
Indice(s) Dewey :
305.800 96 (23e éd.) = Groupes ethniques et nationaux - Afrique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780786729937. - ISBN 0786729937. - ISBN 9780813340944 (erroné). - ISBN 9780429979972.
- ISBN 0429979975
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb468355853
Notice n° :
FRBNF46835585
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Koisa's people ; "People who live in rocks" ; From Mukogodo to Maasai ; Poverty
as routine ; Boys and girls, words and deeds ; Are they Maasai yet
