The nature of entrustment : intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa / Parker Shipton
Object Details
- Author
- Shipton, Parker MacDonald
- Contents
- Fiduciary culture : a thread in anthropological theory -- Luo and their livelihood : the Great Lake Basin and beyond -- Entrustment incarnate : humans and animals over years and generations -- Teaming up : borrowing, lending, and getting by -- Marriage on the installment plan : the present and the promised -- Debts in life and death : shared responsibility and the funerary flow -- In the passing : inheritance of things and persons -- Blood, fire, and word : Luo, Christian, and Luo-Christian sacrifice -- Conclusion : Entrustment and obligation
- 2007
- C2007
- Type
- Books
- Physical description
- xviii, 281 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm
- Place
- Great Lakes Region (Africa)
- Great Lakes Region (African)
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Economic anthropology
- Ceremonial exchange
- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)--Finance
- Commerce
- Economic conditions
- Social life and customs
- Record ID
- siris_sil_922085
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
