| Included Work | Blount, Ben G., 1940- Agreeing to agree on genealogy, a Luo sociology of knowledge. |
| Included Work | Blount, Ben G., 1940- Luo personal names, reference and meaning. |
| Included Work | Blount, Ben G., 1940- Luo bibliography. |
| Included Work | Cohen, David William Siaya, the historical anthropology of an African landscape. |
| Included Work | Atieno Odhiambo, E. S., 1946- |
| Included Work | Colson, Audrey Butt. Luo of Kenya. |
| Included Work | Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973 Ghostly vengeance among the Luo of Kenya. |
| Included Work | Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973 Luo tribes and clans. |
| Included Work | Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan), 1902-1973 Marriage customs of the Luo of Kenya. |
| Included Work | Geissler, Wenzel Significance of earth-eating. |
| Included Work | Geissler, Wenzel Medicinal plants used by Luo mothers and children in Bondo district, Kenya. |
| Included Work | Hartmann, H. Some customs of the Luwo (or Nilotic Kavirondo) living in South Kavirondo. |
| Included Work | Hay, Margaret Jean. Hoes and clothes in a Luo household. |
| Included Work | Hay, Margaret Jean. Women as owners, occupants, and managers of property in colonial western Kenya. |
| Included Work | Herbich, Ingrid. Culture summary, Luo. |
| Included Work | Pala, Achola O. Daughters of the lakes and rivers. |
| Included Work | Pala, Achola O. Women in the household economy. |
| Included Work | Parkin, David J., 1940- Cultural definition of political response. |
| Included Work | Shaw, K. C. Some preliminary notes on Luo marriage customs. |
| Included Work | Shipton, Parker MacDonald Bitter money. |
| Included Work | Shipton, Parker MacDonald Luo entrustment. |
| Included Work | Shipton, Parker MacDonald Debts and trespasses. |
| Included Work | Southall, Aidan, 1920-2009 Lineage formation among the Luo. |
| Included Work | Wilson, G. M., Dr. Homicide and suicide among the Joluo of Kenya. |
| Included Work | Wilson, G. M., Dr. Luo customary law and marriage laws customs. |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series |
eHRAF world cultures
eHRAF World Cultures. Africa. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Agreeing to agree on genealogy, a Luo sociology of knowledge ; Luo personal names, reference and meaning / Ben G. Blount -- Luo bibliography / Benjamin Blount -- Siaya, the historical anthropology of an African landscape / David William Cohen, E. S. Atiendo Odhiambo -- The Luo of Kenya / Audrey Butt -- Ghostly vengeance among the Luo of Kenya ; Luo tribes and clans ; Marriage customs of the Luo of Kenya / E. E. Evans-Pritchard -- The significance of earth-eating, social and cultural aspects of geophagy among Luo children / P. Wenzel Geissler -- Medicinal plants used by Luo mothers and children in Bondo district, Kenya / P. Wenzel Geissler, Stephen A. Harris, Ruth J. Prince, Anja Olsen, R. Achieng' Odhiambo, Helen Oketch-Rabah, Philister A. Madiega, Anne Andersen, Per Mølgaard -- Some customs of the Luwo (or Nilotic Kavirondo) living in South Kavirondo / Rev. H. Hartmann -- Hoes and clothes in a Luo household, changing consumption in a colonial economy, 1906-1936 ; Women as owners, occupants, and managers of property in colonial western Kenya / Margaret Jean Hay -- Culture summary, Luo / Ingrid Herbich -- Daughters of the lakes and rivers, colonization and the land rights of Luo women ; Women in the household economy: managing multiple roles / Achola Pala Okeyo -- The cultural definition of political response, lineal destiny among the Luo / David Parkin -- Some preliminary notes on Luo marriage customs / K. C. Shaw -- Bitter money: cultural economy and some African meanings of forbidden commodities ; Luo entrustment, foreign finance and the soil of the spirits in Kenya ; Debts and trespasses: land, mortgages, and the ancestors in western Kenya / Parker Shipton -- Lineage formation among the Luo / A. Southall -- Homicide and suicide among the Joluo of Kenya / G. M. Wilson -- Luo customary law and marriage laws customs / Gordon M. Wilson. |
| Scope and content |
This collection of 24 documents covers cultural, historical, economic and demographic information on the Luo circa 1895 to 2000. There are a number of general ethnographies on Luo culture and society as observed by professional anthropologists in late the 1920s to the mid-1930s. Specific themes covered in these works include tribes, kinship and social organization, marriage and sex restrictions, religion, life cycles and burials. These ethnographic accounts are further supplemented by the works of historian Jean Hay, who discusses changes in material culture and gender relations that took place before the Second World War as a direct result of British colonial rule and the complex forces it set in motion. The collection also includes anthropological works that specifically focus on the post Second World War decade with particular emphasis on the dynamics of lineage and family ties, customary law, and Luo attitudes toward homicide and suicide. Other documents in the collection focus on the actual experiences of Luo men and women with urbanization and nationally designed development programs in the post-independence period (1963-2000). Specific themes covered include Luo responses to urbanization, modern education and population growth, changes in public health and nutrition, land policy, and the local effects of labor migration and global market forces; and misguided development programs. The remaining documents by Blount provide a linguistic analysis of Luo genealogical accounting, personal naming systems, and comprehensive bibliographic information of existing works on Luo culture and society, circa 1920-2000. |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was last updated in 2011 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed Nov. 10, 2011). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
