Houses in the Rainforest
Ethnicity and Inequality Among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa
Roy Richard Grinker(Author)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 4. August 1994
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-520-08357-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is an ethnographic study of the farmers and foragers of north-eastern Zaire. Roy Richard Grinker lived for nearly two years among the Lese farmers and their long-term partners, the Efe (Pygmies), learned their languages, and gained unique insights into their complex social relations and ethnic identities. By showing how political organization is structured by ethnic and gender relations in the Lese house, Grinker challenges previous views of the Lese and Efe and other farmer-forager societies, as well as the conventional anthropological boundary between domestic and political contexts.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-08357-8 (9780520083578)
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Roy Richard Grinker
Houses in the Rainforest
Ethnicity and Inequality Among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa
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Person
Roy Richard Grinker is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University.
Content
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
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