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Conflict, Age and Power in North East Africa: Age Systems in Transition - Couverture souple

Simonse, Simon

 
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Synopsis

Age-systems as political instruments. Designed to counter-balance the conventional emphasis on religious and ritual functions, this collection of papers re-evaluates the political aspect of age systems in the context of national politics, civil and regional wars. North America: Ohio U Press

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Revue de presse

This welcome volume is a substantial contribution to our knowledge of age-systems. --SOAS Bulletin

Provides a new theoretical framework for East African ethnography and a challenge for anthropologists of politics, religion and nationalism. --Cambridge Anthropology

Présentation de l'éditeur

Designed to counter-balance the conventional emphasis on religious and ritual functions, this collection of papers re-evaluates the political aspect of age systems in the context of national politics, civil and regional wars. North America: Ohio U Press

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