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Background and contexts
Ngecha : a Kenyan village in a time of rapid social change • Lincoln • Published In 2004 • Pages: 3-20
By: Edwards, Carolyn P., Whiting, Beatrice Blyth.
Abstract
This document introduces a Kenyan village called Ngecha. It describes the physical geography, demography and other aspects of village life by way of setting the background and context for subsequent chapters of an edited volume exploring critical cultural variables affecting parent and child behavior.
- Subjects
- Topography and geology
- Environmental quality
- Settlement patterns
- Community structure
- Lineages
- Research and development
- External relations
- Labor supply and employment
- Gender status
- Division of labor by gender
- Household
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Extended families
- Techniques of socialization
- Sex training
- culture
- Gikuyu
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Psychologist
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi A. Adem; 2008
- Field Date
- 1967-1973
- Coverage Date
- 1967-1973
- Coverage Place
- Ngecha village, Central Province, Kenya
- Notes
- Carolyn Edwards and Beatrice Whiting
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-20)
- LCCN
- 2003021832
- LCSH
- Kikuyu (African people)/Rural development--Kenya--Ngecha/Women in rural development--Kenya/Rural women--Kenya--Ngecha/Family--Kenya/Kenya--Rural conditions--Case studies