The nature of entrustment : intimacy, exchange, and the sacred in Africa / Parker Shipton.

SeriesYale agrarian studies
Yale agrarian studies. ^A303919
Contents Introduction -- 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006033475
ISBN9780300116014 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0300116012 (cloth : alk. paper)

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