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Does sedentarization promote gender inequality?: a case study from the Kalahari
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute • 1 (3) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 513-536
By: Kent, Susan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, Kent examines the effect of sedentism on gender equality. She compares three different communities: Kutse, where she carried out her fieldwork, and communities studied by Draper in Ngamiland and Loerman in Ghanzi District. Both Draper and Loerman have argued for the loss of female autonomy and status with sedentism. However, Kent has found among the Kutse, who are still predominently foragers, men and women do not differ significantly in status or power. She concludes that gender inequality is more likely influenced by the presence of a neighboring patriarchal society (Bantu ir European) with its gender-biased ideology and segregated forms of wage labor.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Settlement patterns
- Property system
- Property in movables
- Division of labor by gender
- Labor supply and employment
- Gender status
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- San
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- 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.
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1987-1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1968-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Botswana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Susan Kent
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-536)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sf 80000548
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- San (African people)