Grains from grass: aging, gender, and famine in rural africa
Auteur :
Cliggett, Lisa
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780801443664
Date de publication :
15 nov. 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In her ethnography of the Gwembe Tonga people of rural Zambia, Lisa Cliggett explores what happens to kinship ties in times of famine. The Tonga, a matrilineal Bantu-speaking society, had long lived and farmed along the banks of the Zambezi River, but...