Mortgaging the Ancestors - Ideologies of Attachment in Africa

Zusammenfassung Drawing on years of ethnographic observation, this book discusses how people in Africa's interior feel about their attachment to family, to clan land, and to ancestral graves on the land. It explains why systems of property, finance, and mortgaging imposed by outsiders threaten Africa's rural people.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Parker Shipton, Parker MacDonald Shipton
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 02.01.2009
• EAN: 9780300116021
• ISBN: 978-0-300-11602-1
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies (Hardcov; Yale Agrarian Studies Series; Yale Agrarian Studies (YUP)
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro