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The noble custom of roora: the marriage practices of the Shona of Zimbabwe
Ethnology • 32 (1) • Published In 1993 • Pages: 35-54
By: Meekers, D. (Dominique).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document explores change and continuity in marriage practices. Among the most important changes is a decline in the power of lineages over marriage arrangements, together with a substantial reduction in the amount of control the husband previously exercised over his wife. This transformation was brought about mostly by the expansion of modern education and improved opportunities for employment, especially for women. The author warns that this change may have the unintended consequence of reducing fathers' responsibilities for their children, which had been instituted in the custom of [n]roora[/n] (payment of bridewealth).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mode of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Basis of marriage
- Household
- Family relationships
- Lineages
- Localized kin groups
- Community structure
- Gender status
- Special unions and marriages
- Cultural identity and pride
- Sociocultural trends
- Sexuality
- Pregnancy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shona
- 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
- Southern 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 A. Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1986
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1986-1993
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Harare, Zimbabwe
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dominique Meekers
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shona (African people)