An edition of The Nature of Entrustment (2007)

The nature of entrustment

intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa

The nature of entrustment
Parker MacDonald Shipton, Park ...
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An edition of The Nature of Entrustment (2007)

The nature of entrustment

intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa

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English
Pages
281

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The nature of entrustment: intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa
2007, Yale University Press
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Cover of: The Nature of Entrustment
The Nature of Entrustment: Intimacy, Exchange, and the Sacred in Africa (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
July 10, 2007, Yale University Press
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Table of Contents

Fiduciary culture : a thread in anthropological theory
Luo and their livelihood : the Great Lake Basin and beyond
Entrustment incarnate : humans and animals over years and generations
Teaming up : borrowing, lending, and getting by
Marriage on the installment plan : the present and the promised
Debts in life and death : shared responsibility and the funerary flow
In the passing : inheritance of things and persons
Blood, fire, and word : Luo, Christian, and Luo-Christian sacrifice
Conclusion : Entrustment and obligation.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-271) and index.

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New Haven
Series
Yale agrarian studies series

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.3096
Library of Congress
GN645 .S515 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 281 p. :
Number of pages
281

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Open Library
OL21875768M
ISBN 13
9780300116014
LCCN
2006033475
Library Thing
9390658
Goodreads
2530487

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