Book
Mothers and wives: Gusii women of East Africa
University of Chicago Press • Chicago • Published In 1979 • Pages:
By: LeVine, Sarah, LeVine, Robert Alan.
Abstract
This document consists of a series of seven case studies of Gusii women dealing with their concepts of motherhood and childbearing. These concepts, which are not necessarily typical of their people as a whole, represent a broad range of variation among contemporary married women over an extended period of time and discussed with a foreign investigator of their own gender. The author describes the psychological functioning of these women in regard to patterns of thought, feelings, and actions manifested in the management of their daily lives and their reactions to crisis. LeVine attempts to discover the sources of their self-esteem and other forms of personal satisfaction, and the expectation involved in their contemporary relationships with other people. In general these case studies were intended to explore the impact of cultural beliefs and socioeconomic change on the experience and behavior of Gusii women during their adult years (p. 3).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field Date
- 1974-1976
- Coverage Date
- 1955-1957, 1974-1976
- Coverage Place
- Morongo (a pseudonym), southwestern Kenya
- Notes
- Sarah LeVine in collaboration with Robert A. LeVine
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-391) and index
- LCCN
- 78021573
- LCSH
- Gusii (African people)