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Houses in the Rainforest - Ethnicity and Inequality Among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa

English · Paperback / Softback

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"Roy Richard Grinker, writing about the relationship between Pygmies and their farmer counterparts, breaks new ground in the theory of social institutions and ethnicity."—Jan Vansina, University of Wisconsin, Madison

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Note on Language and Orthography

1. Introduction: From Tribes to Ethnic Groups
2. The History and Isolation of the Lese
3. Gender and Ethnicity
4. The House and the Economy
5. Witchcraft and the Opposition of Houses
6. Conclusion: A Union of Opposites

References
Index

About the author

Roy Richard Grinker is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University.

Summary

This is an ethnographic study of the farmers and foragers of northeastern Zaire. The author lived among the Lese farmers and their long-term partners, the Efe (pygmies), for two years, learning their language and studying their complex social relations and ethnic identities.

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