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Abafazi Bathonga Bafihlakala: ethnicity and gender in a KwaZulu border community
Tradition and transition in Southern Africa : festschrift for Philip and Iona Mayer • Johannesburg, South Africa • Published In 1991 • Pages: 243-271
By: Webster, David.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is concerned with one ethnographic puzzle: why is it that among the Thonga of Southern Africa a vast majority of men actively spurn their ethnic heritage while a large number of their womenfolk actively embrace it. It argues that the answer to this question should be explored by looking at a complex mix of historical forces relating to political struggles, colonialism, the creation of an ethnic identity, the interplay of cultural dynamics and the politics of the personal, especially gender relations, within the communities themselves.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Cultural participation
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- External relations
- Sociocultural trends
- Labor supply and employment
- Gender status
- Inter-community relations
- Family relationships
- Division of labor by gender
- Social personality
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tsonga
- 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
- Southern 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; 2010
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1986-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1895-1989
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- KwaZulu, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- David Webster
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tsonga (African peoples)