The Way the World is |
Preface |
![]() | 1 Ethnographic and Theoretical Introduction |
![]() | 2 Akher Zamani Mombasa Swahili History and Contemporary Society |
![]() | 3 The Brotherhood of Coconuts Unity, Conflict, and Narrowing Loyalties |
![]() | 4 He Who Eats with You Kinship, Family, and Neighborhood |
![]() | 5 Understanding is Like Hair Limited Cultural Sharing and the Inappropriateness of "All by All" and "Some by Some" Models for Swahili Culture |
![]() | 6 Close One of Your Eyes Concealing Differences Between the Generations and the Uses of "Tokens" |
• | Introduction |
• | Differences Between Younger and Older Men and Women |
![]() | Differences Between Age Groupings, Uniformity within Them |
• | Apparent Differences Between Culture and Behavior |
• | "Phatic Communion," Interpersonal Relations, and Questionnaires |
• | "Tokens" and "Guides" |
• | Sharing, Nonsharing, and Social Life: Predictability |
![]() | 7 Liking Only Those in Your Eye Relationship Terms, Statuses, and Cultural Models |
![]() | 8 Tongues are Spears Shame and Differentiated Conformity |
![]() | 9 Leaning on the Cow's Fat Hump Medical Choices, Unshared Culture, and General Expectations |
![]() | 10 A Wife is Clothes Family Politics, Cultural Organization, and Social Structure |
![]() | 11 The Dynamics of Swahili Culture A Status-Centered View |
![]() | Notes |
References |
![]() | Index |