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Gusii sex offenses: a study in social control
American anthropologist • 61 (6) • Published In 1959 • Pages: 965-990
By: LeVine, Robert Alan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Among the Gusii of southwestern Kenya, the high frequency of rape is a major social problem and has been a source of concern to Gusii chiefs and administrators for many years. In this study LeVine inquires into the causes of that situation and attempts to formulate some general hypotheses concerning the control of sexual behavior not only among the Gusii but in human societies in general.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mode of marriage
- Nuptials
- Family relationships
- Clans
- Sex and marital offenses
- Sexual intercourse
- Premarital sex relations
- Extramarital sex relations
- Miscellaneous sex behavior
- Sex training
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gusii
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2005
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1955-1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1955-1957
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- south Nyanza District, southwestern Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert A. LeVine
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 990)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)