Ann Patricia Caplan

Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community

Property, Hierarchy and Cognatic Descent on the East African Coast

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1975, this book examines property and power relations in a Swahili village on Mafia Island off Tanzania. It focuses on the cognatic descent groups which are important in many areas of village life such as land-holding, marriage, residence, Islamic activities and spirit possession cults.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781138493322
• ISBN-10: 1138493325
• Artikelnr.: 69899798

Inhaltsangabe

1. Ecology, Population and Economy 2. Descent Groups and Personal Networks
3. Residence Patterns 4. Land Tenure 5. The Socio-Religious Hierarchy:
Islam 6. The Socio-Religious Hierarchy: Spirit Possession 7. The Hierarchy
and Village Politics 8. Conclusion