| Kenyan Khat: The Social Life of a Stimulant Contributor(s): Carrier, Neil (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004156593 ISBN-13: 9789004156593 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $92.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: This detailed ethnography follows trajectories the controversial stimulant khat takes from Kenya's Nyambene Hills to consumers spread throughout the world, and highlights the great economic, social and cultural significance of this transnational commodity for those animating its 'social life' |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Substance Abuse & Addictions - Drugs - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 362.299 |
| LCCN: 2006050018 |
| Series: African Social Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.3" W x 9.63" (1.23 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a richly detailed ethnography of Kenyan khat, tracing some of the many national and transnational trajectories this controversial stimulant takes from its centre of production in the Nyambene Hills to consumers in Kenya and throughout the world. The author, guided by his friend and khat connoisseur M'Mucheke, draws out the full economic, social and cultural significance of the substance, situating this significance within current debates on the legality of khat and the global rhetoric of the 'war on drugs'. The work explores how networks of Kenyan khat bring people of diverse backgrounds together in sometimes uneasy relationships, and highlights the vast cluster of meanings this remarkable commodity has accrued in its 'social life'. |