The Way the World Is: Cultural Processes and Social Relations Among the Mombasa Swahili

by Marc J. Swartz

Book Overview

Marc Swartz takes us for the first time into the homes and neighborhoods of the Swahili in the East African port of Mombasa. At the same time he develops a new model for the operation and transmission of culture.

In asking how cultural elements influence the social behavior of those who do not share them as well as of those who do, Swartz points to the mediation of status. The many types of status available to individuals provide guidelines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520347315
• ISBN13: 9780520347311
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"