Choice and Constraint in a Swahili Community - Property, Hierarchy and Cognatic Descent on the East African Coast

Informationen zum Autor Ann Patricia Caplan In 1977, joined Goldsmiths College, University of London as a lecturer in anthropology; she was later promoted to senior lecturer.[1] Goldsmiths did not have an Anthropology Department until the 1980s.[2] In 1989, she was appointed Professor of Social Anthropology. From 1998 to 2000, she was also Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies of the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Caplan retired in 2003 and was appointed Emeritus Professor. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1975, this book examines property and power relations in a Swahili village on Mafia Island off Tanzania. It focuses on the cognatic descent groups which are important in many areas of village life such as land-holding, marriage, residence, Islamic activities and spirit possession cults. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Ecology, Population and Economy 2. Descent Groups and Personal Networks 3. Residence Patterns 4. Land Tenure 5. The Socio-Religious Hierarchy: Islam 6. The Socio-Religious Hierarchy: Spirit Possession 7. The Hierarchy and Village Politics 8. Conclusion

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• Authors: Ann Patricia Caplan, Caplan Ann Patricia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138493278
• ISBN: 978-1-138-49327-8
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: African Ethnographic Studies of the 20th Century
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, East Africa, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies