Book

The Kurdish woman's life: field research in a Muslim society, Iraq

Nationalmuseet (7) • Published In 1961 • Pages: ix, 213 , 99 plates

By: Hansen, Henny Harald.

Abstract
This is an excellent monograph Kurdish women. During her four month stay in Kurdish homes, Hansen, with the aid of an interpreter, collected data on almost every phase of women's lives. Hansen argues that Kurdish women do not constitute a homogeneous group and she delineates four subgroups; village aristocrat, peasant women, educated urban women, and uneducated urban women. In her study, Hansen includes the analysis of the latent and negative functions of Kurdish woman's activities and of psychological factors, thus challenging the previous writers' ethnocentric and male view on the Kurdish woman's status. This monograph contains comprehensive data on the material surroundings of the Kurdish woman such as dwellings, clothing, food, domestic implements, and on daily routines, life cycle, child care, and their religious activities.
culture
Kurds
HRAF PubDate
1996
Region
Middle East
Sub Region
Middle East
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Social Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Hesung C. Koh ; 1962
Field Date
1957
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Iraq
Notes
by Henny Harald Hansen
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198)
A list of Kurdish terms employed, and the A list of ethnographical specimens are located on pp. 205-208. For the explanation of footnotes, see pp. 187-197.
LCSH
Kurds