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Purchasing culture : the dissemination of associations in the Cross River region of Cameroon and Nigeria / Ute Röschenthaler.
Penn Museum Library GN653 .R67 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Röschenthaler, Ute.
- Series:
- Harriet Tubman series on the African diaspora
- The Harriet Tubman series on the African diaspora
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Secret societies--Cross River Region (Cameroon and Nigeria).
- Secret societies.
- Secret societies--Economic aspects.
- Cults--Cross River Region (Cameroon and Nigeria).
- Cults.
- Cross River Region (Cameroon and Nigeria)--Social life and customs.
- Cross River Region (Cameroon and Nigeria).
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 593 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- A village in the Cross River region: ethnography, history and institutions
- The polycentric landscape and the development of purchasable associations
- Ekpe: from trading spheres to a network of associations
- Cult agencies and temporary problem solving
- Women's associations
- Intra-village power relations, and the "children of Ekpe"
- Purchase, intellectual property and the value of associations
- Dissemination as strategy
- Associations as investment: agency, performance and competition
- Recent development of associations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781592218295
- 1592218296
- 9781592218301
- 159221830X
- OCLC:
- 729721261
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