Shipton, Parker <br/><br/>
The nature of entrustment  intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa /  [Texte imprimé] : 
Parker Shipton 
 - New Haven :  Yale University Press,  c2007 
 - 1 vol. (XVIII-281 p.) :  ill., carte ;  25 cm 
 - Yale agrarian studies series .
<br/><br/> Index 
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. [253]-271 
<br/><br/>Fiduciary culture : a thread in anthropological theory -- Luo and their livelihood : the Great Lake Basin and beyond -- Entrustment incarnate : humans and animals over years and generations -- Teaming up : borrowing, lending, and getting by -- Marriage on the installment plan : the present and the promised -- Debts in life and death : shared responsibility and the funerary flow -- In the passing : inheritance of things and persons -- Blood, fire, and word : Luo, Christian, and Luo-Christian sacrifice -- Conclusion : Entrustment and obligation 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300116014 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Economic anthropology Ceremonial exchange Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) Great Lakes Region (Africa) Great Lakes Region (African) 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.3096