The nature of entrustment : intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa /
Shipton, Parker MacDonald.
The nature of entrustment : intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa / Parker Shipton. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007. - xviii, 281 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. - Yale agrarian studies series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-271) and index.
Fiduciary culture : a thread in anthropological theory -- Luo and their livelihood : the Great Lake Basin and beyond -- Entrustment incarnate : humans and animals over years and generations -- Teaming up : borrowing, lending, and getting by -- Marriage on the installment plan : the present and the promised -- Debts in life and death : shared responsibility and the funerary flow -- In the passing : inheritance of things and persons -- Blood, fire, and word : Luo, Christian, and Luo-Christian sacrifice -- Conclusion : Entrustment and obligation.
9780300116014 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006033475
Economic anthropology--Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Ceremonial exchange--Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)--Finance.
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)--Commerce.
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)--Economic conditions.
Great Lakes Region (Africa)--Economic conditions.
Great Lakes Region (Africa)--Social life and customs.
GN645 / .S55 2007
306.3096
The nature of entrustment : intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa / Parker Shipton. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2007. - xviii, 281 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. - Yale agrarian studies series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-271) and index.
Fiduciary culture : a thread in anthropological theory -- Luo and their livelihood : the Great Lake Basin and beyond -- Entrustment incarnate : humans and animals over years and generations -- Teaming up : borrowing, lending, and getting by -- Marriage on the installment plan : the present and the promised -- Debts in life and death : shared responsibility and the funerary flow -- In the passing : inheritance of things and persons -- Blood, fire, and word : Luo, Christian, and Luo-Christian sacrifice -- Conclusion : Entrustment and obligation.
9780300116014 (cloth : alk. paper)
2006033475
Economic anthropology--Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Ceremonial exchange--Great Lakes Region (Africa)
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)--Finance.
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)--Commerce.
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)--Economic conditions.
Great Lakes Region (Africa)--Economic conditions.
Great Lakes Region (Africa)--Social life and customs.
GN645 / .S55 2007
306.3096