Maasai

写真と当事者の語りを重ねながら、マサイの暮らし、祈り、儀礼、家族の結びつきを立体的に描く。大判の写真集として、風土と生活文化の奥行きをそのまま伝える。

マサイ文化写真儀礼東アフリカ民族誌

作品情報

写真と語りでマサイの世界へ入り込む、臨場感の高い写真集。

ケニアとタンザニアのマサイ社会を、写真と文章の両輪で紹介する大型写真集。歌や祈り、通過儀礼、家族や共同体のあり方を、外からの観察ではなく内側の視点に近い手触りで伝える。

Amazon.co.jp: Maasai : Beckwith, Carol, Saitoti, Tepilit Ole: 洋書

Great Maasai Book

I'd shared the descrition with my friend who lives in Maasailand and he says the description is very accurate. Some of the Traditional Ritual may not exists any more but core culature is vividly articulated.
Superb book
A super book to read. HAs some stunning photographs too!
This is a very large coffee table book which I bought for my son who is going to go to Africa (I have one myself). The photography is wonderful and the narrative is wonderful. (The Maasai believe that all the cattle in the world belong to the themi). They have a warrior group which is the protector of the villages and young girls have a strict pecking order of boyfriends, depending on who is in the area (the warriors travel a lot).
After spending three weeks with the Kenyan Maasai, I fell in love with them all. This book has such wonderful photographs and cultural information. Great photos as well as narrative; gave me lots of information about their history. I recommend it.
I spent almost 6 months living in a Maasai Village, this is such a great detailed book that I read before traveling over there to understand the culture and bought once I got back. The book tells the life style of traditional Maasai culture.