Material Culture of Kenya
Author | : Sultan Somjee |
Publisher | : East African Publishers |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789966467492 |
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Author | : Sultan Somjee |
Publisher | : East African Publishers |
Total Pages | : 124 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789966467492 |
Author | : Sultan Somjee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 14 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Decorative arts |
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Author | : Andrev B. C. Ocholla-Ayayo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mary Jo Arnoldi |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1996-04-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0253116635 |
"This volume has much to recommend it -- providing fascinating and stimulating insights into many arenas of material culture, many of which still remain only superficially explored in the archaeological literature." -- Archaeological Review "... a vivid introduction to the topic.... A glimpse into the unique and changing identities in an ever-changing world." -- Come-All-Ye Fourteen interdisciplinary essays open new perspectives for understanding African societies and cultures through the contextualized study of objects, treating everything from the production of material objects to the meaning of sticks, masquerades, household tools, clothing, and the television set in the contemporary repertoire of African material culture.
Author | : Dorothea Hecht |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Material culture |
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Author | : Stephanie Wynne-Jones |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2016-05-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0191077178 |
A Material Culture focuses on objects in Swahili society through the elaboration of an approach that sees people and things as caught up in webs of mutual interaction. It therefore provides both a new theoretical intervention in some of the key themes in material culture studies, including the agency of objects and the ways they were linked to social identities, through the development of the notion of a biography of practice. These theoretical discussions are explored through the archaeology of the Swahili, on the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Africa. This coast was home to a series of settlements from the seventh century onwards; some grew to become coral-built 'stonetowns'. These precolonial towns, such as Kilwa Kisiwani, Mombasa, and Gede, represent a unique urban tradition. They were deeply involved in maritime trade, carried out by a diverse Islamic population. This book suggests that the Swahili are a highly-significant case study for exploration of the relationship between objects and people in the past, as the society was constituted and defined through a particular material setting. Further, it is suggested that this relationship was subtly different than in other areas, and particularly from western models that dominate prevailing analysis. The case is made for an alternative form of materiality, perhaps common to the wider Indian Ocean world, with an emphasis on redistribution and circulation rather than on the accumulation of wealth. The reader will therefore gain familiarity with a little-known and fascinating culture, as well as appreciating the ways that non-western examples can add to our theoretical models.
Author | : S. M. Seba |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Kenya |
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Author | : Neal W. Sobania |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2003-06-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0313039364 |
Kenya, a land of safaris, wild animals, and Maasai warriors, perfectly represents Africa for many Westerners. This peerless single-source book presents the contemporary reality of life in Kenya, an important East-African nation that has served as a crossroads for peoples and cultures from Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia for centuries. As such, it is a land rich in cultural and ethnic diversity, where unique and dynamic traditions blend with modern influences. Students and general readers will be engrossed in narrative overviews highlighting Kenyan history, as well as the beliefs, vibrant cultural expressions, and various lifestyles and roles of the Kenyan population. A chronology, glossary, and numerous photos enhance the narrative. Kenya today struggles with nation building. Its society comprises the haves and the have-nots and faces the challenges of the trend toward urbanization, with its attendant disruption of traditional social structures. For Kenyans, the preserving of traditional cultures is as important as making the statement that Kenya is a modern nation. Chapters on the land, people, and history; religion and worldview; literature, film, and media; art and architecture; cuisine and traditional dress; gender roles, marriage, and family; and social customs and lifestyle are up to date and written by a country expert. A chronology, glossary, and numerous photos enhance the narrative.
Author | : Osaga Odak |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 197? |
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Author | : Ian Hodder |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1982-01-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780521241762 |
Material culture - the objects made by man - provides the primary data from which archaeologists have to infer the economies, technologies, social organization and ritual practices of extinct societies. The analysis and interpretation ofmaterial culture is therefore central to any concern with archaeological theory and methodology, and in order to understand better the relationship between material culture and human behaviour, archaeologists need to draw upon models derived from the study of ethnographic societies. First published in 1982, this book presents the results of a series of field investigations carried out in Kenya, Zambia and the Sudan into the 'archaeological' remains and material culture of contemporary small-scale societies, and demonstrates the way in which objects are used as symbols within social action and within particular world views and ideologies.