Initiating Change in Highland Ethiopia: Causes and Consequences of Cultural Transformation

ISBN-13: 9780521818544 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 192 str.

Cambridge) Dena Freeman (Queens' College

Opis

There are two types of rituals performed by the same people in a rural community in Southern Ethiopia. One appears to be remarkably stable, while the other has undergone massive transformations over the years. Focusing on new ethnographical and historical data from the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia, Dena Freeman analyzes these rituals and provides fascinating insight into the cultural transformations of a little-known region of the world.

Recenzje

"This is an elegant account of an extended rural community in southern Ethiopia." African Studies Review

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Select glossary; 1. Introduction: theorising change; 2. The recent history of the Gamo Highlands; 3. Production and reproduction; 4. The sacrificial system; 5. The initiatory system; 6. Experiencing change; 7. Assemblies and incremental cultural change; 8. Transformation versus devolution: the organisational dynamics of change; Notes; Bibliography; Index.