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Sexual solidarity and the secrets of sight and sound: shifting gender relations and their ceremonial constitution
American ethnologist • 17 (3) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 449-469
By: Kratz, Corinne Anne.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author looks at shifting gender relations as they have altered the traditional forest-based economy from a dependence on hunting and honey-gathering to one based on agropastoralism. In addition, the role of initiation ceremonies in creating and legitimating the structure of gender relations is examined.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociocultural trends
- Gender status
- Gender roles and issues
- Puberty and initiation
- External relations
- Ethos
- Cultural identity and pride
- Real property
- Buying and selling
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Okiek
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- 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; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1974-1975, 1982-1990
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1974-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Kaplelach and Kipchornwonek Okiek, western Mau Escarpment, Rift Valley province, Kenya
- NotesAdditional notes
- Corinne A. Kratz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 468-469)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74644326
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Okiek (African people)
- Dorobo (African people)