Friendship, descent and alliance in Africa : anthropological perspectives

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Friendship, descent and alliance in Africa : anthropological perspectives

edited by Martine Guichard, Tilo Grätz and Youssouf Diallo

(Integration and conflict studies / Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, v. 10)

Berghahn Books, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-199) and index

Contents of Works

  • Where are other people's friends hiding? : reflections on anthropological studies of friendship / Martine Guichard
  • Comradeship and the transformation of alliance theory among the Maasai : shifting the focus from descent to peer-group loyalty / Paul Spencer
  • Friendship networks in Southwestern Ethiopia / Wolde Gossa Tadesse and Martine Guichard
  • Friendship and spiritual parenthood among the Moose and the Fulbe in Burkina Faso / Mark Breusers
  • Labour migration and moral dimensions of interethnic friendships : the case of young gold miners in Benin (West Africa) / Tilo Grätz
  • Friendship and kinship among merchants and veterans in Mali / Richard L. Warms
  • "Down-to-earth" : friendship and a national elite circle in Botswana / Richard Werbner
  • Negotiating friendship and kinship in a context of violence : the case of the Tuareg during the upheaval in Mali from 1990 to 1996 / Georg Klute
  • Friendship in a world of force and power / Stephen P. Reyna

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