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Generational changes in marriage patterns in the Central Province of Kenya, 1930-1990
Journal of Asian and African studies • 36 (2) • Published In 2001 • Pages: 157-180
By: Hetherington, Penelope.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document compares the experiences and attitudes of of three generations of Kikuyu women, in Kenya, concerning female circumcision, polygny, bridewealth payment, and age at first marriage. It shows that most women in the third generation who were in their twenties in 1990, have abandoned both female circumcision and polygny. Most of them attempt to construct a marriage arrangment that reflects their understanding of western Christian practices.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Puberty and initiation
- Marriage
- Gender status
- Gender roles and issues
- Polygamy
- Family relationships
- Labor supply and employment
- Missions
- External relations
- Education system
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Gikuyu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- Historian
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1930-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Penelope Hetherington
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75001539
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kikuyu (African people)