Custom and Confrontation: The Kwaio Struggle for Cultural Autonomy

by Keesing, Roger M. Keesing, Roger M. and Roger M. Keesing

Book Overview

"Anthropologists and students of anthropology may read this book because it is a superior ethnography, detailed and enriched by theoretical insights. But at the heart of this book is a moral take, a simple but powerful story about an indigenous people who were wronged, who resisted for more than 100 years, and who may yet prevail. This message, ultimately, lends the book its true meaning and value."--William Rodman, Anthropologica

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226429202
• ISBN13: 9780226429205
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"