| Titre : |
Facing Mount Kenya : the traditional life of the Gikuyu |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Jomo Kenyatta (1889 -1978), Auteur ; Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942), Préfacier, etc. |
| Editeur : |
New York - New York - États-Unis : Vintage Books |
| Année de publication : |
[1965] |
| Importance : |
1 vol. (XXI-326 p.) |
| Format : |
couv. ill., carte |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-394-70210-0 |
| Prix : |
13.41 EUR |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
Kikuyu (Peuple du Kenya)
|
| Index. décimale : |
301.29 676 2 |
| Résumé : |
[This book] is a central document of the highest distinction in anthropological literature, an invaluable key to the structure of African society and the nature of the African mind. [The book] is not only a formal study of life and death, work and play, sex and the family in one of the greatest tribes of contemporary Africa, but a work of considerable literary merit. The very sight and sound of Kikuyu tribal life presented here are at once comprehensive and intimate, and as precise as they are compassionate. -- 4e de la couv. |
| Note de contenu : |
Tribal origin and kinship system -- Gikuyu system of land tenure -- Economic life -- Industries -- System of education -- Initiation of boys and girls -- Sex life among young people -- Marriage system -- Gikuyu system of government -- Religion and ancestor worship -- New religion in East Africa -- Magical and medical practices -- Conclusion -- Glossary |
Facing Mount Kenya : the traditional life of the Gikuyu [texte imprimé] / Jomo Kenyatta (1889 -1978), Auteur ; Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942), Préfacier, etc. . - New York - New York - États-Unis (New York - New York - États-Unis) : Vintage Books, [1965] . - 1 vol. (XXI-326 p.) ; couv. ill., carte. ISBN : 978-0-394-70210-0 : 13.41 EUR Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
Kikuyu (Peuple du Kenya)
|
| Index. décimale : |
301.29 676 2 |
| Résumé : |
[This book] is a central document of the highest distinction in anthropological literature, an invaluable key to the structure of African society and the nature of the African mind. [The book] is not only a formal study of life and death, work and play, sex and the family in one of the greatest tribes of contemporary Africa, but a work of considerable literary merit. The very sight and sound of Kikuyu tribal life presented here are at once comprehensive and intimate, and as precise as they are compassionate. -- 4e de la couv. |
| Note de contenu : |
Tribal origin and kinship system -- Gikuyu system of land tenure -- Economic life -- Industries -- System of education -- Initiation of boys and girls -- Sex life among young people -- Marriage system -- Gikuyu system of government -- Religion and ancestor worship -- New religion in East Africa -- Magical and medical practices -- Conclusion -- Glossary |
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