Ethnology, Volume 37University of Pittsburgh, 1998 - Anthropology |
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Page 399
The ability for a woman to marry another woman was a result of achieved and
ascribed gender positions available within ... The institution of woman - marriage
indicated either that a woman filled a typically male - occupied gender position (
as ...
The ability for a woman to marry another woman was a result of achieved and
ascribed gender positions available within ... The institution of woman - marriage
indicated either that a woman filled a typically male - occupied gender position (
as ...
Page 402
She established a gender position by way of her status and increased her status
by way of this gender position . The akwénúsî marriage , the prevalent form of
woman marriage in Dahomean society , illustrates the importance placed on
social ...
She established a gender position by way of her status and increased her status
by way of this gender position . The akwénúsî marriage , the prevalent form of
woman marriage in Dahomean society , illustrates the importance placed on
social ...
Page 406
Furthermore , woman - marriage did not alter a sister ' s gender position , for her
status as female husband hinged solely on her relationship as a sister . Neither
did she assume a different gender position in order to become a female husband
...
Furthermore , woman - marriage did not alter a sister ' s gender position , for her
status as female husband hinged solely on her relationship as a sister . Neither
did she assume a different gender position in order to become a female husband
...
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Contents
Volume XXXVII Number | 4 |
A New Time and Place for Bolivian Popular Politics | 99 |
Performing National Culture in a Bolivian Migrant Community | 117 |
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