Ethnology, Volume 37University of Pittsburgh, 1998 - Anthropology |
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Page 399
The principles of positional succession explain the sociopolitical status system
that arranged individuals within a lineage according to gender ( Graburn 1971 :
171 ) . In fact , the social construction of gender is taken to its limits within woman
...
The principles of positional succession explain the sociopolitical status system
that arranged individuals within a lineage according to gender ( Graburn 1971 :
171 ) . In fact , the social construction of gender is taken to its limits within woman
...
Page 404
Nne Uko became a female husband as a result of her childlessness and her
elevated status as a dike nwami ( translated as heroine , warrior woman , and
brave woman ) . She excelled in typically male - associated accomplishments as
early ...
Nne Uko became a female husband as a result of her childlessness and her
elevated status as a dike nwami ( translated as heroine , warrior woman , and
brave woman ) . She excelled in typically male - associated accomplishments as
early ...
Page 407
The social statuses of the Fon , Igbo , and Lovedu female husbands were as
diverse as the circumstances that surrounded ... Woman - marriage was
institutionalized as an avenue for the elevation of women ' s status and to meet
the structural ...
The social statuses of the Fon , Igbo , and Lovedu female husbands were as
diverse as the circumstances that surrounded ... Woman - marriage was
institutionalized as an avenue for the elevation of women ' s status and to meet
the structural ...
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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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