essay

The village and its families

Ngecha : a Kenyan village in a time of rapid social changeLincolnPublished In 2004 • Pages: 21-52

By: Whiting, Beatrice Blyth, Edwards, Carolyn P., Chesaina, Ciarunji, Whiting, John Wesley Mayhew, Herzog, John, Herzog, Dorothy.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document is a chapter from an edited volume decribing aspects of child development and community life in a Kikuyu Kenyan vilage called Ngecha. Specif focus of this document includes gender roles and family dynamics as reflected in the lived expereinces of selected informants from different homesteads in the village.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
Community structure
Dwellings
Inter-community relations
Real property
Lineages
Household
Education system
Gender status
Labor supply and employment
Division of labor by gender
Daily routine
Life history materials
Informants
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
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Psychologist
Anthropologist
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
1968-1973
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1973
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ngetcha village, Central Province, Kenya
NotesAdditional notes
Beatrice Whiting and Carolyn Edwards, with Ciarunji Chesaina, John Whiting, John Herzog, and Dorothy Herzog
Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-52)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
2003021832
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Kikuyu (African people)/Rural development--Kenya--Ngecha/Women in rural development--Kenya/Rural women--Kenya--Ngecha/Family--Kenya/Kenya--Rural conditions--Case studies