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" Time, space, and the unknown : "
Paul Spencer.
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1016253
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b770623
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Spencer, Paul,1932-
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Time, space, and the unknown : : Maasai configurations of power and providence /\ Paul Spencer.
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2003.
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1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0203348621
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: 0203583523
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: 041531724X
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: 6610024790
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: 9780203348628
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: 9780415317245
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: 9781134371600
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: 9781280024795
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: 9786610024797
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041531724X
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-278) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- part Part I THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME, SPACE, AND CERTAINTY -- chapter 2 THE AGE SYSTEM, AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF TIME AND EXPERIENCE -- chapter 3 POWER AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE -- chapter 4 PROVIDENCE AND THE COSMOLOGY OF MISFORTUNE -- chapter 5 THE LOONKIDONGI DIVINERS AND PROPHETS -- chapter 6 LOONKIDONGI ORACLES AND CYCLICAL RECKONING AMONG THE MAASAI -- part Part II DIVERGING MODELS IN SPACE AND VARIATION OVER TIME -- chapter 7 THE PURKO MAASAI IN 1977 -- A northern model -- chapter 8 THE KISONKO MAASAI OF LOITOKITOK IN 1977 -- A southern model -- chapter 9 A PRE-COLONIAL MODEL AND THE HUB OF POWER -- chapter 10 ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF SOCIAL CONTROL AMONG THE ARUSHA MAASAI -- chapter 11 CONCLUSION -- The interplay of power and providence, and the theory of dilemmas.
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Time, Space and the Unknown follows on from The Maasai of Matapoto and The Samburu to show how uncertainty and misfortune influence the social life of the Maasai.
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Age groups-- Kenya.
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Cosmology, Maasai.
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Maasai (African people)-- Psychology.
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Maasai (African people)-- Rites and ceremonies.
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Space and time.
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Age groups.
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Cosmology, Maasai.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Divorce Separation.
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Maasai (African people)-- Rites and ceremonies.
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Space and time.
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Kenya.
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| Dewey Classification
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306/.89/965
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DT433.545.M33S65 2003eb
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