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Socioeconmic stratification and marriage payments: elite marriage and bridewealth among the Gusii of Kenya
Social change and applied anthropology : essays in honor of David W. Brokensha • Boulder • Published In 1990 • Pages: 164-181
By: Håkansson, Thomas.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is based on the author's 12 months of fieldwork among the Gusii people of Kisi District in western Kenya. It presents a brief outline of how the Gusii elite manage marriages with the intent of establishing favorable social connections in the society, and how the bridewealth system contributes to the perpetuation of socioeconomic status through generations.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- Accumulation of wealth
- Gender status
- Classes
- Social relationships and groups
- Basis of marriage
- Regulation of marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 1982-1983, 1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1940-1984
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kisi District, western Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Thomas Håkansson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-181)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 90012092
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Gusii (African people)