A Material Culture: Consumption and Materiality on the Coast of Precolonial East Africa
This book explores the importance of objects in Swahili society. The archaeology of the east coast of Africa has provided a wealth of information on the complex ways that objects were bound up with social identities, power negotiations, and concepts of wealth, and how these have changed over time.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-875931-7
- EAN: 9780198759317
- Produktnummer: 22188848
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 264 S.
- Masse: H21.8 cm x B14.2 cm x D2.3 cm 431 g
- Gewicht: 431
Über den Autor
Dr Stephanie Wynne-Jones is a lecturer at the University of York. Her work focuses on the archaeology of the Swahili coast of eastern Africa and particularly on the role of objects and material culture in that society. Her previous roles include the Assistant Directorship of the British Institute in Eastern Africa and a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship. She has directed extensive fieldwork in eastern Africa, including at Songo Mnara, Uvinza, Ujiji, MafiaIsland, Kilwa (Tanzania), and Vumba Kuu (Kenya).
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