Burying SM : the politics of knowledge and the sociology of power in Africa
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書誌事項
Burying SM : the politics of knowledge and the sociology of power in Africa
（Social history of Africa）
Heinemann , Currey, c1992
- : Heinemann : cloth
- : Heinemann : pbk
- : Currey : cloth
- : Currey : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-153) and index
内容説明・目次
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: Heinemann : pbk ISBN 9780435080631
内容説明
The distinguished Kenyan lawyer S.M. Otieno died intestate in 1986; the ensuing struggle between his Kikuyu widow and his Luo clan became a matter of national concern. Debates raged over what legal, cultural, social, and historical grounds should govern the disposition of SM's remains, what legal rights should be enjoyed by widows, and over the interests of the state.
While closely scrutinizing the legal case record, the authors examine how history was constructed by the various litigants, counsel, jurists, and witnesses, including an elderly gravedigger and mason, a cook, and a professor of philosophy.
The authors invited a half-dozen scholars from different disciplines to discuss what the case was really about and how the story should be told. These brief commentaries are included.
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: Currey : pbk ISBN 9780852556061
内容説明
The death of S.M. Otieno and the fierce debates and struggle in court about who controlled his remains revealed much about Kenyan society.
Examines the complex sociologies, politics and histories of the debates that arose after the death of Kenyan lawyer S.M.Otieno and the struggle over where his body should be buried. The dispute between his wife and members of Otieno's clan revealed a range of issues as diverse as the meaning of death and the purpose of interment, the standing of statutory and traditional law, the nature of marriage, and the value and power of such constructs as 'modernity', 'tradition', 'Kenyan', 'Luo' and 'home'.
North America: Heinemann
目次
- One body, two funerals
- orations of the dead
- silences of the living
- living bodies and their knowledge
- the productions of culture
- the constitution of an African state
- Owino Misiani's lamentation, 1987.
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: Currey : cloth ISBN 9780852556566
目次
- One body, two funerals
- orations of the dead
- silences of the living
- living bodies and their knowledge
- the productions of culture
- the constitution of an African state
- Owino Misiani's lamentation, 1987.
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