Nuer dilemmas : coping with money, war, and the state /
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Berkeley, Calif.:
University of California Press,
c1996
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Orientations
- 2. Blood, Cattle, and Cash: The Commodification of Nuer Values
- 3. Guns, Warfare, and the State: New Contexts of Power, Violence, and Leadership
- 4. Cattle Over Blood: The Changing Symbolism of Gender, Marriage, and Filiation
- 5. "Incest Is Blood and the Cow": Struggles Over the Control of Reproduction
- 6. The Emergence of Bull-Boys: Political Leadership, Legitimacy, and Male Initiation
- 7. "Cattle Aren't Killed for Nothing": Christianity, Conversion, and the Enduring Importance of Prophets
- Appendix: Comparative Divorce Rates among the Nuer, 1936-83