Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. We cannot digest grass, so we can eat these animals or their products. Most golf courses trim their greens from a different direction every day to keep the grain even. Appraising 60 years of multidisciplinary research in zambia and zimbabwe. After being harvested, dry grains are more durable than other staple foods, such as starchy fruits plantains, breadfruit, etc. In her ethnography of the gwembe tonga people of rural zambia, lis. Grains from grass by lisa cliggett cornell university press. The tonga, a matrilineal bantuspeaking society, had long lived and farmed along the banks of the zambezi river, but. Grains from grass goodreads meet your next favorite book. Lisa cliggett, grains from grass aging, gender, and famine in rural africa, chap. Oct 01, 2005 in her ethnography of the gwembe tonga people of rural zambia, lisa cliggett explores what happens to kinship ties in times of famine. Economies and the transformation of landscape 2008. The break is the direction the green will try and pull your golf ball. We also cannot digest seeds from grass until theyve been processed.
Go to page top go back to contents go back to site navigation. Like most punters, he enjoyed an incredible run of luck, but finally rolled the dice once too often. There is an oft repeated chibemba proverb originating from northern zambia that states, mayo mpapa, naine nkakupapa mother carry me, and i will carry you. Cliggetts book tells a story about how people living in environmentally and economically dire circumstances manage their social and material worlds to the best of their ability, sometimes at the cost of maintaining kinship bonds. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. In zambias southern province, where a history of climatic and political fluctuation have played out in peoples livelihood choices and.
Authors name as listed in library of congress records cliggett, lisa, 1965title. Reviewed by allison goebel published on hsafrica may, 2007 this ethnography of gender and aging among the gwembe valley tonga people in southern. When golfers talk about the grain of a green they are referring to the texture the grass makes by the direction its leaning. Tonga communities in zambia makes several important contributions to the literature. Cliggett wrote grains from grass to serve as a text in her courses, to bring methodology participant observation to life and demonstrate the relevance of theory to research and interpretation often difficult for students to grasp. The automobile industry the automobile industry is by no doubt one of the biggest industries in the business world and has grown tremendously since the inception of the first vehicle. In her ethnography of the gwembe tonga people of rural zambia, lisa cliggett explores what happens to kinship ties in times of famine.
The grains from grass in the title refer to lisa cliggetts observation of an elderly tonga woman gathering grains from wild grasses. A grain is a small, hard, dry seed, with or without an attached hull or fruit layer, harvested for human or animal consumption. Grains from grass by lisa cliggett, 9780801472831, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Focusing on the color, shape, and texture of the plants, and avoiding the technicalities presented by most botanical guides, this first and only popular book on the subject provides a lively account of the history, ecology, and uses of 5 species of grasses. Lisa cliggett in her ethnography of the gwembe tonga people of rural zambia, lisa cliggett explores what happens to kinship ties in times of famine. Aging, gender, and famine in rural africa, by lisa cliggett.
Published in partnership with the allengland lawn tennis club, wimbledon, the book is an authoritative guide on the construction and maintenance of grass tennis courts at all levels of the game. Grains from grass is a rich and intimate exploration of what it means to be old and at the brink of survival in a poor rural community. Grass is the incredible story of phil sparrowhawk, a workingclass boy with gambling in his blood. Princeton university library one washington road princeton, nj 085442098 usa 609 2581470. Aging, gender, and famine in rural africa by lisa cliggett isbn.
Guyer, the johns hopkins university the themes of grains from grass transcend africa and anthropology. Cliggetts book tells a story about how people living in environmentally and economically dire circumstances manage their social and material worlds to the best of their ability, sometimes at the cost of maintaining kinship bondsa finding that challenges western. If the golf course cuts their grass in one direction every day it will start to grow in a distinct pattern, leaning to the side and pulling golf balls in that direction. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the library of congress catalog. Aging, gender, and famine in rural africa by lisa cliggett. The grains that the woman gathers are used to make the porridge that will be her only meal that day. The tonga, a matrilineal bantuspeaking society, had long lived and farmed along the banks of the zambezi river, but when the kariba dam was completed and the river valley was flooded in 1958, approximately 57,000 people were forcibly relocated. Lisa cliggett explores what happens to kinship ties in times of famine. Get ebooks mirror for humanity a concise introduction to cultural anthropology on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free.
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The tonga, a matrilineal bantuspeaking society, had long lived and farmed along the banks of the zambezi. The automobile industry can be said to refer to all the vehicle manufacturing plants and car brands that are currently present in the market. Foundations of economic anthropology second edition. She is an actor in her ethnography, telling her own story as a researcher and often writing from a personal. Cornell university press, ithaca, ny, 2005, 193 pp.
Authors name as listed in library of congress records cliggett, lisa, 1965 title. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. The main thing affecting the grain is the direction the grass has been cut. Lisa cliggetts new book on the patterns of social change among gwembe. Aging, gender, and famine in rural africa 9780801472831. Grass and grain is the established media of rural kansas, nebraska, oklahoma, and missouri. Lisa cliggett is the author of grains from grass 3. Of the important grains andor cereals listed above, only corn maize is a new world native.
I very much appreciate the drawings, every grass has at least one page with drawings sometimes of different stages of the life cycle, there is an identification guide in the beginning of the book,and a glossery of terms in the back. Break is mostly influenced by the grain and topography of the green. Grains from grass aging, gender, and famine in rural africa. Grains from grass princeton university library catalog. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legumes after being harvested, dry grains are more durable than other staple foods, such as starchy fruits plantains, breadfruit, etc. Aging, gender, and famine in rural africa paperback average rating.
This book presents an empirically detailed and powerfully argued analysis of how rural communities negotiate precarious livelihoods amidst pressures to participate in local development. It provides comprehensive coverage of modern scientificallybased turf cultural practices and shows how they can be applied in the production and. Aging, gender, and famine in in her ethnography of the gwembe tonga people of rural zambia, lisa cliggett explores what happens to kinship ties in times of famine. Authors name as appearing in the actual publication lisa cliggett. Having identified it as so, there is no need to say that. The grass family contains over 9,000 species distributed throughout the world. In the circle of life, grass is intended for grasseating animals herbivores, which can digest it. Drawing on classic themes and methods of social anthropology, it provides a subtle account of sociocultural change. Grains from grass aging, gender, and famine in rural.
Aging, gender, and famine in rural africa 2005 lisa cliggett, university of kentucky. Jun 25, 2007 the grains from grass in the title refer to lisa cliggetts observation of an elderly tonga woman gathering grains from wild grasses. An identification guide sponsored by the roger tory. In a readable but sophisticated introduction to anthropological approaches to the lives of the african poor, lisa cliggett describes age and genderspecific dilemmas and strategies for physical, social, and spiritual welfare. Lisa cliggett offers wonderful methodological lessons for transgenerational cooperation and provides a useful theoretical mechanism for making visible and for disentangling a complex set of relations that traditionally go unnoticed. Grns403 grains industry systems essay example topics and. Cliggetts book tells a story about how people living in environmentally and economically dire circumstances manage their social and material worlds to the best of. Dec 03, 2006 cliggett wrote grains from grass to serve as a text in her courses, to bring methodology participant observation to life and demonstrate the relevance of theory to research and interpretation often difficult for students to grasp. Cliggett, grains from grass gengenbach 1998 article example. Rent grains from grass 1st edition 9780801472831 today, or search our site for other textbooks by lisa cliggett.
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