An edition of The Nature of Entrustment (2007)

The nature of entrustment

intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa

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The nature of entrustment
Parker MacDonald Shipton
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An edition of The Nature of Entrustment (2007)

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intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
281

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Subjects
Ceremonial exchange, Commerce, Economic anthropology, Economic conditions, Finance, Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people), Social life and customs, Luo (kenyan and tanzanian people), Great lakes region (north america), Africa, commerce, Africa, social life and customs, Finance, africa, Africa, economic conditions
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Africa, Great Lakes Region, Great Lakes Region (Africa), Great Lakes Region (African)

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The Nature of Entrustment: Intimacy, Exchange, and the Sacred in Africa (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
July 10, 2007, Yale University Press
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-271) and index.

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Series
Yale agrarian studies series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.3096
Library of Congress
GN645 .S515 2007

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Pagination
xviii, 281 p. :
Number of pages
281

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OL21875768M
ISBN 13
9780300116014
LCCN
2006033475
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9390658
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2530487

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