Material culture, a: consumption and materiality on the coast of precolonial east africa
Auteur :
Wynne-Jones, Stephanie
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198759317
Date de publication :
19 mai 2016
Dimensions :
22,0 x 15,1 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
432 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores the importance of objects in Swahili society. The archaeology of the east coast of Africa has provided a wealth of information on the complex ways that objects were bound up with social identities, power negotiations, and concepts of wealth, and how these have changed over time.