essay

Women's roles and existential identities

beyond the sex: new directions in the anthropology of genderPhiladelphia • Published In 1990 • Pages: 75-98

By: Kopytoff, Igor.

Abstract
This article discusses traditional Suku cultural meanings and roles associated with womanhood and gender-based division of labor. It is argued that, compared to the United States of America and culturally related Western countries, Suku society provides relatively fewer constraints for women to freely assert themselves and move into positions of power. The author attributes this difference to long-standing cultural distinctions between culturally shared expectations of womanhood and the actual roles of individual women.
Subjects
Gender roles and issues
Division of labor by gender
Gender status
Family relationships
Basis of marriage
Mode of marriage
Lineages
Social personality
culture
Suku
HRAF PubDate
2016
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Central Africa
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem; 2014
Field Date
1958-1959
Coverage Date
1920-1970
Coverage Place
Kwango district, Bandundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Notes
Igor Kopytoff
Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-98)
LCCN
90030497
LCSH
Suku (African people)