{"product_id":"initiating-change-in-highland-ethiopia-9780521037761","title":"Initiating Change in Highland Ethiopia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFascinating insight into cultural change and transformation in a rural community in Southern Ethiopia. Two types of ritual are performed by the same people: one has remained stable, while the other has been transformed. In this 2002 book, Dena Freeman focuses on ethnographical and historical data to analyse how this can occur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an elegant account of an extended rural community in southern Ethiopia.\"    African Studies Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Select glossary; 1. Introduction: theorising change; 2. The recent history of the Gamo Highlands; 3. Production and reproduction; 4. The sacrificial system; 5. The initiatory system; 6. Experiencing change; 7. Assemblies and incremental cultural change; 8. Transformation versus devolution: the organisational dynamics of change; Notes; Bibliography; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767577739607,"sku":"9780521037761","price":29.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521037761.jpg?v=1758713859","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/initiating-change-in-highland-ethiopia-9780521037761","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}