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Books on: maasai culture

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That Complex Whole: Culture and the Evolution of Human Behavior

Book by Lee Cronk; Westview Press, 1999

Subjects:

Culture, Human Behavior, Sociobiology

Collections: Entire Library

This work attempts to develop a scientific study of human behaviour that is at once evolutionary and cultural. It deals with key issues such as how culture is best defined and how it influences human behaviour.
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Semantics, Culture, and Cognition: Universal Human Concepts in Culture-Specific Configurations

Book by Anna Wierzbicka; Oxford University Press, 1992

Subjects:

Intercultural Communication, Language And Culture, Psycholinguistics, Semantics, Universals (Linguistics)

Collections: Entire Library

Semantics, Culture, and Cognition SEMANTICS, CULTURE, AND COGNITION Universal Human Concepts in Culture-Specific Configurations ANNA WIERZBICKA New York Oxford OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 1992 Oxford University Press Oxford New York...
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The Dawn of Human Culture

Book by Richard G. Klein, Blake Edgar; Wiley, 2002

Subjects:

Culture--Origin, Human Evolution

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

A bold new theory on what sparked the "big bang" of human culture The abrupt emergence of human culture over a stunningly short period continues to be one of the great enigmas of human evolution. This compelling book introduces a bold new theory on this unsolved mystery. Author Richard Klein ...
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A bold new theory on what sparked the "big bang" of human culture The abrupt emergence of human culture over a stunningly short period continues to be one of the great enigmas of human evolution. This compelling book introduces a bold new theory on this unsolved mystery. Author Richard Klein reexamines the archaeological evidence and brings in new discoveries in the study of the human brain. These studies detail the changes that enabled humans to think and behave in far more sophisticated ways than before, resulting in the incredibly rapid evolution of new skills. Richard Klein has been described as "the premier anthropologist in the country today" by Evolutionary Anthropology. Here, he and coauthor Blake Edgar shed new light on the full story of a truly fascinating period of evolution. Richard G. Klein, PhD (Palo Alto, CA), is a Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. He is the author of the definitive academic book on the subject of the origins of human culture, The Human Career. Blake Edgar (San Francisco, CA) is the coauthor of the very successful From Lucy to Language, with Dr. Donald Johanson. He has written extensively for Discover, GEO, and numerous other magazines.
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Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket

Book by Gordon Mathews; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Acculturation, Culture, Ethnicity, Group Identity, International Relations And Culture, National Characteristics

Collections: Entire Library

Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer ...
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Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity? Global Culture/Individual Identity focuses on three groups for whom the tension between a particular national culture and the global cultural supermarket is especially acute: Japanese artists, American religious seekers and Hong Kong intellectuals after the handover to China. These ethnographic case studies form the basis for a theory of culture which we can all see reflected in our own lives.Gordon Mathews opens up the complex and debated topics of globalization, culture and identity in a clear and lively style.
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Teaching Language, Learning Culture

Book by Richard M. Swiderski; Bergin & Garvey, 1993

Subjects:

Language And Culture--Study And Teaching, Language And Languages--Study And Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Whenever a new language is learned, a new culture is also learned. Swiderski provides instructive examples of language learning situations by describing multilingual events using more than twenty of the world's languages. All aspects of language learning from the physical environment of the ...
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Whenever a new language is learned, a new culture is also learned. Swiderski provides instructive examples of language learning situations by describing multilingual events using more than twenty of the world's languages. All aspects of language learning from the physical environment of the classroom to the perceptions of events and emotions that languages express are considered. Australian aboriginal languages and Native American languages are analyzed to illustrate the world of differences of which English, Chinese, and Russian are also a part. The politics of language teaching and the effect of language policy in the classroom are brought out in concrete examples. This study will be of interest to language teachers and the general international community as well.
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Journal Articles on: maasai culture

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Culture on Tour

Journal article by Julie Scott; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 11, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Culture on Tour (Book)--Book reviews

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Culture on Tour. by Julie Scott BRUNER, EDWARD M. Culture on tour. x, 308 pp., illus., bibliogr. London, Chicago: Univ...tourism in Africa, focusing on the touristic performances of the Maasai Mara in Kenya, and black diaspora tourism to Elmina Castle...
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'Serious Games': Licences and Prohibitions in Maasai Sexual Life

Journal article by Aud Talle; Africa, Vol. 77, 2007

Subjects:

Masai (African people)--Sexual behavior, Sex (Psychology)--Analysis, Sexuality--Analysis

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...relations and their representations in Maasai culture are also performed and acted within...dimension to beaded ornaments in Maasai culture. (3) For the Maasai, erotic attractiveness...sexual prohibitions and licences in Maasai culture. Around them, enturuji rules of...
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From True Dorobo to Mukogodo Maasai: Contested Ethnicity in Kenya (1)

Journal article by Lee Cronk; Ethnology, Vol. 41, 2002

Subjects:

Ethnicity--Kenya, Kenya--History

Collections: Entire Library

...Mukogodo acquisition of Maasai subsistence patterns, language, and culture. Mukogodo themselves...aspects of his or her culture, but also information...status. Pastoral Maasai see themselves as...and more dominant Maasai culture," according to the...
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The Maasai Ornithorium: Tropic Flights of Avian Imagination in Africa

Journal article by John G. Galaty; Ethnology, Vol. 37, 1998

Subjects:

Initiation rites--Social aspects, Masai (African people)--Rites and ceremonies

Collections: Entire Library

...in relation to a circumcision process central to Maasai culture? Specifically, why do Maasai initiates kill birds...1966. The Savage Mind. Chicago. Mol, F. 1996. Maasai Language and Culture Dictionary. Lemek, Rigby, P. 1979. Olpul and...
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Maasai Marriage: A Comparative Study of Kenya and Tanzania*

Journal article by Ernestina Coast; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 37, 2006

Subjects:

Marriage--Comparative analysis, Masai (African people)--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...2002 Maasai socio-economic conditions: cross-border comparison. Human...African demography. Continuity and change in African cultures. W. R. Bascom and M. J. Herskovitz...

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Magazine Articles on: maasai culture

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The Maasai vs the Crown: Exactly 100 Years Ago, the British Moved the Maasai People from Their Rich Pasturelands in Kenya. Now They Want Their Land Back. and They Are Very Uncompromising about It. Wanjohi Kabukuru Reports from Nairobi

Magazine article by Wanjohi Kabukuru; New African, October 2004

Subjects:

British imperialism--Influence, Kenya, Masai (African people)--History, Masai (African people)--Social aspects

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...that runs through East Africa. In Kenya, they are considered to be the countrys indigenous people. Artefacts denoting Maasai culture have been found in the region dating back more than a millennium. Their legend has survived the test of time. Interestingly...
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Tanzania: The Maasai Predicament

Magazine article by Navaya Ole Ndaskoi; New African, June 2003

Subjects:

Game reserves--Economic aspects, Land tenure--Political aspects, Masai (African people)--Civil rights, National parks and reserves--Economic aspects, National parks--Economic aspects, Tanzania--Agricultural policy, Tanzania--Economic policy, Tourism--Political aspects, Tourism--Social aspects

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...of East Africa are found in Maasai territory. The borders of the...historical link between indigenous culture and the survival of the wildlife...Serengeti National Park, the Maasai Mara Game Reserve and other...division of Ngorongoro. Though the Maasai protested and still protest...
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Maasai Demand Return of Ancestral Lands: Kenya's World Famous Maasai People Are Demanding Back Their Ancestral Lands, Signed Away by an Illiterate Chief to the British a Hundred Years Ago. They Now Argue That the Lease Has Expired and the Land Should Come Back to Them. the Government Does Not Agree. A Major Stand-Off Is in the Offing. Otieno Aluoka Reports from Nairobi

Magazine article by Otieno Aluoka; African Business, October 2004

Subjects:

Masai (African people)--Economic aspects, Masai (African people)--History, Masai (African people)--Political activity, Masai (African people)--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...dispersing a group that had led their cattle to graze on a private ranch in the area. The Maasai have long been renowned for their traditional culture. One early British observer wrote in his memoirs that "the beauty of their life was the way...
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Culture Tourism

Magazine article by Claire Foottit; African Business, January 1996

Subjects:

Kenya, Masai (African people)--Social aspects, Travel industry--Services, Wildlife watching--Services

Collections: Entire Library

Culture Tourism. by Claire Foottit The Maasai people have not always...London to help promote the Maasai culture as part of an eco-tourism...generate more money for the Maasai. "Tourism is now starting to help our culture because the group ranches...
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A Very English Affair: From London to Canberra and Washington, DC, Anglophone Culture Dominated the 20th Century. Hywel Williams Celebrates a Provocative History of Conquest and Empire

Magazine article by Hywel Williams; New Statesman, Vol. 135, October 2, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, History of the English Speaking Peoples Since 1900 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...South African Native Land Act, Maasai cattle in British East Africa...an account of a distinctive culture that enjoyed astonishing political...interpretation of an entire culture. A History of the English-Speaking...heritage for an Aboriginal culture partly because "an Aboriginal...

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Newspaper Articles on: maasai culture

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Running the Marathon Will Not Be a Problem for Men Who Are Used to Chasing after Lions; CULTURE GAP: The Maasai Have Left Their Herds of Livestock in Order to Run the London Marathon

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 13, 2008

Subjects:

Livestock

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Chasing after Lions; CULTURE GAP: The Maasai Have Left Their...to the chasm in culture that exists between the Maasaiand London. Their flight...Martin, known to the Maasai as Soldier Bob on...understanding their culture andthe reasons why...
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Family Ties in the Heart of Africa; WHEN GEMMA BURFORD TRAVELLED TO TANZANIA TO HELP A CHARITY PRESERVE TRADITIONAL AFRICAN CULTURES, SHE COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD FALL IN LOVE WITH AND MARRY A MAASAI WARRIOR

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 5, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...TRADITIONAL AFRICAN CULTURES, SHE COULD NEVER...WITH AND MARRY A MAASAI WARRIOR. Byline...It was quite a culture shock for everyone...tartans are similar to Maasai designs and they...education. Their culture is already disappearing...they could still be Maasai but also survive...
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Marathon Won't Be a Problem for Men More Used to Chasing Lions; WARRIOR SPIRIT: The Six Maasai Men Are Raising Money to Provide Water for Their Village

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 13, 2008

Subjects:

Fund raising

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...hours. It is hard to do justice to the chasm in culture that exists between the Maasaiand London. Their flight to Britain was an experience...drought has affected eastern Africasince 2005. The Maasai, who depend on a fertilised plain in order to...
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Off the Beaten Track in Tanzania A Game-Viewing Safari Forsakes the Well-Trod Northern Game Parks for the Less Crowded Southern Circuit

Newspaper article by Kathy Rodeghier; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 1, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...deck of your tent and call "Maasai," then wait for one of the...people and learn about their culture," says Peter Mwenguo, managing...somewhere in the darkness. As my Maasai escort led me to dinner, I...away. I ask de Rover about the Maasai. Selous Impala Camp employs...
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Welsh Charity in Drug Storm

Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), April 22, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...drug into Britain. The Samburu Maasai Wales Aid group is well known...use of khat is part of Somali culture and her husband was merely...a drug. Its part of Somali culture. Mrs Walters declined to say...the pub for a pint in western culture, but khat is a contributory...

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