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Female adolescent rites and the reproductive health of young women in Morogoro Tanzania
[s.n.] • [s.l.] • Published In 2001 • Pages:
By: Hamdani, Salha.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an ethnographic description of Luguru female life-cycle rites related to menarche, pregnancy, and childbirth. The focus is on how these rituals inculcate cultural knowledge relevant for undertaking a range of gendered roles, including the meaning of sex, childcare, and managing family life. The analysis suggests that, compared to women in other economically-similar eastern African societies, Luguru women enjoy greater autonomy for decision-making and resource control, attributable to the continuity of both matrilineal kinship ideology and the matriarchal residence pattern in Luguru society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Puberty and initiation
- Organized ceremonial
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Cult of the dead
- Gender roles and issues
- Techniques of socialization
- Sex training
- Transmission of skills
- Gender status
- Division of labor by gender
- Rule of descent
- Lineages
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Family relationships
- Sexual intercourse
- General sex restrictions
- Extramarital sex relations
- Sex and marital offenses
- Childbirth
- Conception
- Menstruation
- Avoidance and taboo
- Life history materials
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Luguru
- 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.
- 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; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1978-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Salha Hamdani
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 24-25)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Luguru (African people)