For Money and Elders

For Money and Elders
Author: Robert W. Blunt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 022665575X

Many observers of Kenya’s complicated history see causes for concern, from the use of public office for private gain to a constitutional structure historically lopsided towards the executive branch. Yet efforts from critics and academics to diagnose the country’s problems do not often consider what these fiscal and political issues mean to ordinary Kenyans. How do Kenyans express their own political understanding, make sense of governance, and articulate what they expect from their leaders? In For Money and Elders, Robert W. Blunt addresses these questions by turning to the political, economic, and religious signs in circulation in Kenya today. He examines how Kenyans attempt to make sense of political instability caused by the uncertainty of authority behind everything from currency to title deeds. When the symbolic order of a society is up for grabs, he shows, violence may seem like an expedient way to enforce the authority of signs. Drawing on fertile concepts of sovereignty, elderhood, counterfeiting, acephaly, and more, Blunt explores phenomena as diverse as the destabilization of ritual “oaths,” public anxieties about Satanism with the advent of democratic reform, and mistrust of official signs. The result is a fascinating glimpse into Kenya’s past and present and a penetrating reflection on meanings of violence in African politics.

For Money and Elders

For Money and Elders
Author: Robert W. Blunt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2019-11-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 022665589X

Many observers of Kenya’s complicated history see causes for concern, from the use of public office for private gain to a constitutional structure historically lopsided towards the executive branch. Yet efforts from critics and academics to diagnose the country’s problems do not often consider what these fiscal and political issues mean to ordinary Kenyans. How do Kenyans express their own political understanding, make sense of governance, and articulate what they expect from their leaders? In For Money and Elders, Robert W. Blunt addresses these questions by turning to the political, economic, and religious signs in circulation in Kenya today. He examines how Kenyans attempt to make sense of political instability caused by the uncertainty of authority behind everything from currency to title deeds. When the symbolic order of a society is up for grabs, he shows, violence may seem like an expedient way to enforce the authority of signs. Drawing on fertile concepts of sovereignty, elderhood, counterfeiting, acephaly, and more, Blunt explores phenomena as diverse as the destabilization of ritual “oaths,” public anxieties about Satanism with the advent of democratic reform, and mistrust of official signs. The result is a fascinating glimpse into Kenya’s past and present and a penetrating reflection on meanings of violence in African politics.

Called to Serve

Called to Serve
Author: Michael Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2007-11-01
Genre: Deacons
ISBN: 9780979367748

Ethno-erotic Economies

Ethno-erotic Economies
Author: George Paul Meiu
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2017-10-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 022649120X

Ethno-erotic Economies explores a fascinating case of tourism focused on sex and culture in coastal Kenya, where young men deploy stereotypes of African warriors to help them establish transactional sexual relationships with European women. In bars and on beaches, young men deliberately cultivate their images as sexually potent African men to attract women, sometimes for a night, in other cases for long-term relationships. George Paul Meiu uses his deep familiarity with the communities these men come from to explore the long-term effects of markets of ethnic culture and sexuality on a wide range of aspects of life in rural Kenya, including kinship, ritual, gender, intimate affection, and conceptions of aging. What happens to these communities when young men return with such surprising wealth? And how do they use it to improve their social standing locally? By answering these questions, Ethno-erotic Economies offers a complex look at how intimacy and ethnicity come together to shape the pathways of global and local trade in the postcolonial world.

Our Elders Teach Us

Our Elders Teach Us
Author: David Carey
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2001-11-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 081731119X

By casting a wide net for his interviews - from tiny hamlets to bustling Guatemala City - Carey gained insight into more than a single community or a single group of Maya."--BOOK JACKET.

Old Man Country

Old Man Country
Author: Thomas R. Cole
Publisher:
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2020
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0190689986

"We live in a time of change, an era where old men can maintain health but find dignity in frailty. Old Man Country helps readers see and imagine this change for themselves. The book follows the journey of a writer in search of wisdom, as he narrates encounters with twelve distinguished American men over 80 -- including Paul Volcker, the former head of the Federal Reserve, and Denton Cooley, the world's most famous heart surgeon. In these and other intimate conversations, the book explores and honors the particular way that each man faces the challenges of living a good old age"--

Aging Wisely... Wisdom of Our Elders

Aging Wisely... Wisdom of Our Elders
Author: Irving Silverman
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2017-05-25
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1284144860

Aging Wisely... Wisdom of our Elders is a unique resource that reflects the ideas, opinions and experiences of a diverse group of senior citizens. Each story provides a unique perspective on the physical, emotional, and social aspects of growing old from those who have made the journey.

Joycelyn Elders, M.D.

Joycelyn Elders, M.D.
Author: M. Joycelyn Elders
Publisher: William Morrow
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A great deal of controversy has surrounded both the tenure and resignation of former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders. Now, for the first time, Dr. Elders shares both the travails and triumphs of her life in an autobiography which is not only a political memoir chock full of insider information, but also a chronicle of the triumphant rise of a great-granddaughter of slaves and impoverished child of sharecroppers to the highest medical position in the Unites States. of photos.

In the Words of Elders

In the Words of Elders
Author: Pauloosie Angmarlik
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780802079534

Bringing together the voices of Elders and traditional teachers from across Canada, this collection compares the vision and experience of a generation and sets a new standard for the representation of First Nations cultures in academic context.