Fields of Change among the Iteso of Kenya / Edition 1

by Ivan Karp

Overview

Fields of Change is a study of the means by which the Iteso adapted to the imposition of colonial rule and the loss of political independence. It explores their pacification and incorporation into a colonial state and the effects that these processes have had on Iteso territorial and political systems. At the same time it examines the way in which the political system both affected and was affected by other aspects of the Iteso social system, most notably in the fields of religion, descent and domestic kinship.
First published in 1978.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415329903
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/26/2004
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The Precolonial Political System 3. The Emergence of Neighbourhoods 4. Changing Patterns of Kinship and Descent 5. Kinship Terms and Norms 6. The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups 7. Akudiet Neighbourhood 8. Conclusion