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Cattle poetics : how aesthetics shapes politics in Mursiland, Ethiopia / Jean-Baptiste Eczet ; translated from French by Andrea Davoust and Wendy Ribeyrol.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eczet, Jean-Baptiste, author.
- Series:
- Ethnography, theory, experiment ; v. 9.
- Ethnography, theory, experiment ; volume 9
- Standardized Title:
- Amour vache. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Murzu (African people).
- Cattle--Social aspects--Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya).
- Cattle.
- Cattle--Social aspects.
- Rites and ceremonies--Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya).
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya)--Social life and customs.
- Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
- Other Title:
- How aesthetics shapes politics in Mursiland, Ethiopia
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Forgotten aesthetics
- Poetics of the self : anthroponomy
- The colour complex : the network of names
- The time of colours and people : poems
- Revealing and removing beings : ephemeral adornments
- Displaying a common heritage : lasting adornments
- Pastoral vitality : dances
- Complex cattle love
- The poet and their ages
- The restoration of persons : rituals
- The resolution of problems : politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 06, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Eczet, Jean-Baptiste. Cattle poetics
- ISBN:
- 9781800731691
- 1800731698
- Publisher Number:
- 40030760987
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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