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The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 301
EAN: 9780195003222
Edition: 1st American
ISBN: 0195003225
Label: Oxford University Press
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 271
Publication Date: July 15, 1969
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Studio: Oxford University Press
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Rating:  - An Enduring Classic
The Nuer is a challenging but supremely rewarding study of a people who, with minimal technology and living a way of life that is very primitive by the standards of Westerners, achieve a perfection of ecological harmony with their environment. Evans-Pritchard's (E-P) description of the Nuers' rich and multifaceted relationship with their cattle is unforgettable. E-P writes with elegance, brilliance, compassion, and respect for the proud and dignified Nuer who, because of this great monograph, are ... Read More
Rating: - A turning point is Social Anthropology
I disagree completely with the "reader from Washington" who wrote it is a boring book. Probably he/she didn't read more than the first two, more descriptive chapters. This book became "a classic" because it was a turning point in the history of Anthropology, specially because of its analysis of the political system of the Nuer.
Rating: - Nuerific!
This book is one of the classics of ethnography - indeed, one of the works which defines what ethnography and anthropology are.
The Nuer is an account of a group of pastoralists living in the Sudan as Evans-Pritchard knew them when he did field work in er... uh... the late 30s early 40s. The first half of the book is a detailed and lively (for an academic) account of their way of life, the seasonal rhythms of the year, and their intense interest in cattle.
The second half of the book than ... Read More
Rating:  - Boring -- but a classic
This is a common text for many introductory anthropology courses. It's apparently a classic ethnographic work, but honestly one of the most boring books I think I have ever read.
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