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- catalog abstract "This study is an ethnographic account which explores the social organization of an Eritrean highland community and the livelihood of the peasants. The kinship system of the highlands is examined in detail. Analysis shows that it interlinks the individuals and the villages of the highlands into an intricate web of kinship. The lineage system, or gezauti, defines, among other factors, a form of social hierarchy and the entitlement of access to land in the particular villages. The traditional systems of land tenure and kinship in highland Eritrea are today challenged by the new reform policies of the Eritrean government. An integral part of their development strategies is to sustain and enhance national sentiments created during the liberation war by disentangling the closely knit rural communities, dismantling their corporate character, and linking the individual citizen directly to the state apparatus in order to foster an all-embracing notion of national identity. The author argues that by radically changing the communal land tenure system and dismantling the descent structure, without creating any sustainable alternatives, the government has struck a blow at the foundation of social organization of the peasantry, the social and cultural consequences of which remain to be seen.".
- catalog alternative "Mai Weini".
- catalog contributor b10962826.
- catalog coverage "Mai Weini (Eritrea) Rural conditions.".
- catalog coverage "Mai Weini (Eritrea) Social conditions.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Introduction: Experiencing Ethnography -- pt. I. Backdrops. Ch. 2. The Land, its People and History. Ch. 3. The Setting -- pt. II. The people ... Ch. 4. The Villagers and the Local Community. Ch. 5. Sidrabet: "The Family-House" Ch. 6. Gezauti: "Group of Houses" -- pt. III. ... their livelihood ... Ch. 7. The Peasant Calendar. Ch. 8. Peasants' Strategies of Survival During Times of Distress. Ch. 9. Beyond the Plow and Ox: Religion and War -- pt. IV. ... and land. Ch. 10. Land and People in a Historical Perspective. Ch. 11. Land Tenure Systems in Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia. Ch. 12. Meret Shehena: "Land of Brothers" -- pt. V. Coda. Ch. 13. People and Land. During Times of Turbulence: Towards a Synthesis.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-304) and index.".
- catalog description "Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oslo, 1996.".
- catalog description "This study is an ethnographic account which explores the social organization of an Eritrean highland community and the livelihood of the peasants. The kinship system of the highlands is examined in detail. Analysis shows that it interlinks the individuals and the villages of the highlands into an intricate web of kinship. The lineage system, or gezauti, defines, among other factors, a form of social hierarchy and the entitlement of access to land in the particular villages. The traditional systems of land tenure and kinship in highland Eritrea are today challenged by the new reform policies of the Eritrean government. An integral part of their development strategies is to sustain and enhance national sentiments created during the liberation war by disentangling the closely knit rural communities, dismantling their corporate character, and linking the individual citizen directly to the state apparatus in order to foster an all-embracing notion of national identity. The author argues that by radically changing the communal land tenure system and dismantling the descent structure, without creating any sustainable alternatives, the government has struck a blow at the foundation of social organization of the peasantry, the social and cultural consequences of which remain to be seen.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 311 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mai Weini, a highland village in Eritrea.".
- catalog identifier "1569020582 (hard cover : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1569020590 (paperback : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mai Weini, a highland village in Eritrea.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrenceville, NJ : Red Sea Press,".
- catalog relation "Mai Weini, a highland village in Eritrea.".
- catalog spatial "Eritrea Mai Weini.".
- catalog spatial "Mai Weini (Eritrea) Rural conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Mai Weini (Eritrea) Social conditions.".
- catalog subject "306/.09635 21".
- catalog subject "DT380.4.T54 T76 1998".
- catalog subject "Land tenure Eritrea Mai Weini.".
- catalog subject "Tigrinya (African people) Agriculture.".
- catalog subject "Tigrinya (African people) Kinship.".
- catalog subject "Tigrinya (African people) Land tenure.".
- catalog subject "Village communities Eritrea Mai Weini.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Introduction: Experiencing Ethnography -- pt. I. Backdrops. Ch. 2. The Land, its People and History. Ch. 3. The Setting -- pt. II. The people ... Ch. 4. The Villagers and the Local Community. Ch. 5. Sidrabet: "The Family-House" Ch. 6. Gezauti: "Group of Houses" -- pt. III. ... their livelihood ... Ch. 7. The Peasant Calendar. Ch. 8. Peasants' Strategies of Survival During Times of Distress. Ch. 9. Beyond the Plow and Ox: Religion and War -- pt. IV. ... and land. Ch. 10. Land and People in a Historical Perspective. Ch. 11. Land Tenure Systems in Eritrea and Northern Ethiopia. Ch. 12. Meret Shehena: "Land of Brothers" -- pt. V. Coda. Ch. 13. People and Land. During Times of Turbulence: Towards a Synthesis.".
- catalog title "Mai Weini".
- catalog title "Mai Weini, a highland village in Eritrea : a study of the people, their livelihood, and land tenure during times of turbulence / Kjetil Tronvoll.".
- catalog type "text".