Houses in the Rainforest: Ethnicity and Inequality Among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa

by Roy Richard Grinker and Roy Richard Grinker

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This is the first ethnographic study of the farmers and foragers of northeastern Zaire since Colin Turnbull's classic works of the 1960s. 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520089758

ISBN13:9780520089754

Release Date:August 1994

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:244 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Africa Cultural Customs & Traditions Democratic Republic of Congo Ethnic Studies History Politics & Social Sciences Republic of the Congo Social Science Social Sciences

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