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Initiating change in highland Ethiopia : = causes and consequences of cultural transformation /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Initiating change in highland Ethiopia :/ Dena Freeman.
Reminder of title:	causes and consequences of cultural transformation /
Author:	Freeman, Dena,
Description:	1 online resource (x, 180 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Gamo (African people) - Rites and ceremonies. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489525
ISBN:	9780511489525 (ebook)

Initiating change in highland Ethiopia : = causes and consequences of cultural transformation /
Freeman, Dena,

Initiating change in highland Ethiopia :causes and consequences of cultural transformation /Dena Freeman. - 1 online resource (x, 180 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction : theorising change -- The recent history of the Gamo Highlands -- Production and reproduction -- The sacrificial system -- The Initiatory system -- Experiencing change -- Assemblies and incremental cultural change -- Transformation versus devolution : the organisational dynamics of change.

In a rural community in Southern Ethiopia, there are two types of rituals performed by the same people. Historical evidence suggests that one has shown remarkable stability over the years, while the other has undergone massive transformations. External factors are the same, so how is this to be explained? In this 2002 book, Dena Freeman focuses on ethnographical and historical data from the Gamo Highlands of Southern Ethiopia to tackle the question of cultural change and transformation. She uses a comparative perspective and contrasts the continuity in sacrificial rituals with the rapid divergence and differentiation in initiations. Freeman argues that although external change drives internal cultural transformation, the way in which it does is greatly influenced by the structural organization of the cultural systems themselves. This insight leads to a rethinking of the analytic tension between structure and agency that is at the heart of contemporary anthropological theory.

ISBN: 9780511489525 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

800382
Gamo (African people)
--Rites and ceremonies.

LC Class. No.: DT380.4.G19 / F74 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 303.4/0963

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