Ethnology, Volume 37University of Pittsburgh, 1998 - Anthropology |
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Page 404
Within Ohafia ' s dual - descent system the position of matriarch exists regardless
of the institution of woman - marriage , but certainly these ... Female husbands
among the Igbo were childless women , wealthy women , and male daughters .
Within Ohafia ' s dual - descent system the position of matriarch exists regardless
of the institution of woman - marriage , but certainly these ... Female husbands
among the Igbo were childless women , wealthy women , and male daughters .
Page 407
She was what O ' Brien ( 1977 ) identified as a surrogate female husband : she
married a woman to the name of an absent ... marriages to other women and
were related to the social standing of women in general within each group of
people .
She was what O ' Brien ( 1977 ) identified as a surrogate female husband : she
married a woman to the name of an absent ... marriages to other women and
were related to the social standing of women in general within each group of
people .
Page 412
The Detachability of Women : Gender and Kinship Processes of Socioeconomic
Change among the Gusii of Kenya . American Ethnologist 21 : 516 - 38 .
Herskovits , M . 1937 . A Note on “ Woman Marriage " in Dahomey . Africa X : 335
- 41 .
The Detachability of Women : Gender and Kinship Processes of Socioeconomic
Change among the Gusii of Kenya . American Ethnologist 21 : 516 - 38 .
Herskovits , M . 1937 . A Note on “ Woman Marriage " in Dahomey . Africa X : 335
- 41 .
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