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Loose women, virtuous wives, and timid virgins: gender and the control of resources in Rwanda
Canadian journal of African studies • 25 (3) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 378-395
By: Jefremovas, Villia.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article discusses the nature of gender relations in Rwandan society as reflected in the life history and economic activities of three women who came of age between 1950s-1970s. It shows that these women were characterized as behaving either as a virtues wives and virginal daughters or as loose women, regardless of their wealth and power as individuals. This censuring and praising of gender behavior reveals the coexistence of class and gender domination in Rwanda.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender roles and issues
- Gender status
- Family relationships
- Real property
- Inheritance
- Life history materials
- Individual enterprise
- Building supplies industries
- Accumulation of wealth
- Status, role, and prestige
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rwandans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central 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.
- 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; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1984-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970-1990
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rwanda
- NotesAdditional notes
- Villia Jefremovas
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-395)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79018614
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology Rwanda