Transformations of African Marriage (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Parkin, David; Nyamwaya, David

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1987, this book shows that there is still considerable continuity in the practices and ideas of marriage in Afican against a background of social and economic change. This book discusses the diverse marriage forms in Africa and explores the different systems some of which can be understood in terms of Levi-Strauss's distinciton between complex and semi-complex structures, while others throw up questions of filiation, child custoidanship and rights secured through bridewealth transactions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429816987
• Artikelnr.: 55170567

Autorenporträt

David Parkin, David Nyamwaya

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Transformations of African Marriage: Change and Choice Part
1: Alliance and Strategy 1. Changing Themes in the Analysis of African
Marriage 2. Sens et permanence du mariage 'arabe' dans la sociéte maure 3.
Etude de la transformation du mariage chez les Mkako du Cameroun 4.
Mariages zaghawa: les changements liés a l'économie et à l'idéologie
Marie-José Tubiana Part 2: Gender Symbolism 5. Social and Symbolic Values
of Feminine kn¿ initiation among the Guro of the Ivory Coast 6. Laughter at
Marriage: Subversion in Performance 7. Symbolique des rapports entre les
femmes et les hommes dans les cultes de possession de type tromba à
Madagascar Part 3: Marriage Payments and Polgyny 8. The Consequences for
Women of Marriage Payments in a Society with Patrilineal Descent 9. Aspects
of Change in Bridewealth Among the Iteso of Kenya 10. On dit que la
polygamie est morte: vive la polygamie! 11. Polygamy and the Household
Economy in a Fishing Village in Sierra Leone Part 4: Divorce and Elites
12. L'instabilité conugale et ses conséquences dans la société swahili de
Lamu (Kenya) 13. 'Outside Wives' and 'Inside Wives' in Nigeria: A Study of
Changing Perceptions in Marriage 14. The Old and the New in East African
Elite Marriages Part 5: Legal and Social Implications 15. The African or
Customary Marriage in Kenyan Law Today 16. The Changing Role of Women and
their Contributions to the Domestic Economy in Cameroon 17. Transformations
of Southern Tanzanian Marriages 18. Understanding African Marriage: Towards
a Convergence of Literature and Sociology