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Houses in the Rainforest – Ethnicity & Inequality Among Farmers & Foragers in Central Africa: Ethnicity and Inequality Among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa - Hardcover
Synopsis
This is an ethnographic study of the farmers and foragers of north-eastern Zaire. Roy Richard Grinker lived for nearly two years among the Lese farmers and their long-term partners, the Efe (Pygmies), learned their languages, and gained unique insights into their complex social relations and ethnic identities. By showing how political organization is structured by ethnic and gender relations in the Lese house, Grinker challenges previous views of the Lese and Efe and other farmer-forager societies, as well as the conventional anthropological boundary between domestic and political contexts.
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Review
"Theoretically, "Houses in the Rainforest is a very sophisticated and a very important book."--"International Journal of African Historical Studies
About the Author
Roy Richard Grinker is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University.
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- PublisherUniversity of California Press
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0520083571
- ISBN 13 9780520083578
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages244
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