商品簡介
Dutch anthropologist Ensel continues his investigation of North African culture and society by examining a persistent form of social inequality in the Maghreb. He describes the ambivalent relations between descendants of the Prophet Muhammad and a social group of humble descent called Haratin in a sanctuary on the northern fringe of the Sahara. He finds there an example of affinities between ancient hierarchical categorization and the emergence of new forms to impress and contest social ranking in the modern nation-state. He discusses the division of labor, fictive kinship, and supernatural mediation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Remco Ensel, Ph.D. (1998) in the Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam, has published on North African culture and society, and on the history of Enlightenment anthropology.
