Dena Freeman

Initiating Change in Highland Ethiopia

Causes and Consequences of Cultural Transformation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2002 book presents fascinating insights into cultural change and transformation in the little-known Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9780521818544
• ISBN-10: 0521818540
• Artikelnr.: 35453244

Autorenporträt

DENA FREEMAN is Research Fellow of Queens'' College at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Select glossary
1. Introduction: theorising change
2. The recent history of the Gamo Highlands
3. Production and reproduction
4. The sacrificial system
5. The initiatory system
6. Experiencing change
7. Assemblies and incremental cultural change
8. Transformation versus devolution: the organisational dynamics of change
Notes
Bibliography
Index.