Friendship, descent and alliance in Africa : anthropological perspectives

Author(s)

• Guichard, Martine
• Grätz, Tilo
• Diallo, Youssouf

Bibliographic Information

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

Note

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

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Friendship, descent and alliance are basic forms of relatedness that have received unequal attention in social anthropology. Offering new insights into the ways in which friendship is conceptualized and realized in various sub-Saharan African settings, the contributions to this volume depart from the recent tendency to study friendship in isolation from kinship. In drawing attention to the complexity of the interactions between these two kinds of social relationships, the book suggests that analyses of friendship in Western societies would also benefit from research that explores more systematically friendship in conjunction with kinship.

Table of Contents

Foreword Gunther Schlee Acknowledgements Introduction Martine Guichard Part I. Friendship, Kinship and Age Chapter 1. Where Are Other People's Friends Hiding? Reflections on Anthropological Studies of Friendship Martine Guichard Chapter 2. Comradeship and the Transformation of Alliance Theory among the Maasai: Shifting the Focus from Descent to Peer-Group Loyalty Paul Spencer Part II. Friendship and Ethnicity Chapter 3. Friendship Networks in Southwestern Ethiopia Wolde Gossa Tadesse and Martine Guichard Chapter 4. Friendship and Spiritual Parenthood among the Moose and the Fulbe in Burkina Faso Mark Breusers Chapter 5. Labour Migration and Moral Dimensions of Interethnic Friendships: The Case of Young Gold Miners in Benin (West Africa) Tilo Gratz Part III. Friendship, Politics and Urbanity Chapter 6. Friendship and Kinship among Merchants and Veterans in Mali Richard L. Warms Chapter 7. 'Down-to-Earth': Friendship and a National Elite Circle in Botswana Richard Werbner Chapter 8. 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 Afterword: Friendship in a World of Force and Power Stephen P. Reyna Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB16496620
• ISBN:
  • 9781782382867
• LCCN: 2013029907
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 211 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF575.F66
  • DC23 : 302.340967
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Friendship -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • LCSH : Kinship -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • LCSH : Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social life and customs
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB01222213