Searching for Symbolic Value of Cattle: Tropical Livestock Units, Market Price, and Cultural Value of Maasai Livestock
<p class="Abstract">We examine metabolic, market, and symbolic values of livestock relative to cultural “positioning” by gender, marriage, and household production among Maasai people in Simanjiro, Tanzania to assess local “proximate currencies” relevant for “cultural success.” Data...
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| Language: | English |
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Society of Ethnobiology
2016-10-01
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| Series: | Ethnobiology Letters |
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/621 |