The Way the World Is: Cultural Processes and Social Relations Among the Mombasa Swahili - Couverture rigide

Swartz, Marc J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0520071379 ISBN 13 : 9780520071377

Editeur : University of California Press, 1991

Synopsis

Marc Swartz takes us for the first time into the homes and neighborhoods of the Swahili in the East African port of Mombasa. At the same time he develops a new model for the operation and transmission of culture.

In asking how cultural elements influence the social behavior of those who do not share them as well as of those who do, Swartz points to the mediation of status. The many types of status available to individuals provide guidelines that help explain, for example, why the broadly shared elements of Swahili culture (Islamic religion or the nuclear family) do not alone translate into behavior. The Way the World Is demonstrates in a highly original way how culture "works."

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Marc J. Swartz is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego, and is the author of Political Anthropology (Aldine 1966), and Culture: The Anthropological Perspective (McGraw-Hill 1980).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520071379
• ISBN 13: 9780520071377
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 450
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible