Emrys Peters studied the Bedouin of Libya for more than thirty years. The handful of articles published during his lifetime were widely admired and are still essential reading for anthropologists. He left further significant papers unpublished at his death, and the editors have drawn on these for half of this collection, which brings together his major writings on the Bedouin. These seminal essays are not only of ethnographic interest. All Peters' work is informed by a rigorous theoretical intelligence, and his analysis of power in Bedouin society has fascinated many discerning social scientists.
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'... a welcome and significant addition to Cambridge University's excellent series on social and cultural anthropology ... The book is a great contribution not only to studies on pastoralist Bedouin societies but to contemporary social anthropology at large. ... one of the most insightful anthropological readings on Bedouin society, exhibiting both intimate knowledge and superb analysis.' Ethnos
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Emrys Peters studied the Bedouin of Libya for more than thirty years. The handful of articles published during his lifetime were widely admired and are still essential reading for anthropologists. These seminal essays are not only of ethnographic interest. All Peters' work is informed by a rigorous theoretical intelligence, and his analysis of power in Bedouin society has fascinated many discerning social scientists.
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'One of the few genuinely historical books written by an anthropologist de carriere is my own book The Sanusi of Cyrenaica' (Evans-Pritchard 1962:184). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first parallel cousin marriage, noble tribesmen, tertiary segments, nuptial tent, tertiary sections, first paternal cousin, commensal meal, large bridewealth, tribal sections, matrilateral relatives, founding ancestress, animal wealth, senior agnates, debt links, tertiary groups, debt relationships, distant oasis, client tribes, patron group, other corporate groups, secondary sections, agnatic group, lineage theory, client origin, minimal lineage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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