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The failure to encapsulate: resistance to the penetration of capitalism by the Turkana of Kenya
Pastoralists at the periphery : herders in a capitalist world • Tucson • Published In 1994 • Pages: 197-211, 229-251
By: McCabe, J. Terrence.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document focuses on aspects of Turkana resistance to the penetration of capitalism. It shows that as the Turkana are drawn into larger political and economic systems their viability as subsistence livestock herders is threatened. In order to survive, some herders are forced to abandon their nomadic life altogether, while others adapt their herding strategies to the new requirements of the marketplace. Most Turkana have continued to be nomadic herders by resisting encapsulation by the combined forces of expanding world economic system and interventionist nation state.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pastoral activities
- Cultural identity and pride
- Disasters
- External relations
- Environmental quality
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Exchange transactions
- Internal trade
- Buying and selling
- Cultural goals
- Annual cycle
- Settlement patterns
- Functional and adaptational interpretations
- Diet
- Research and development
- Land use
- Saving and investment
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Turkana
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980-1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Turkana, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. Terrence McCabe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-251)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93043080
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Turkana (African people)