essay
The position of women in a pastoral society: (the Fulani, WoDaaBe, Nomads of the Niger)
women of tropical africa • Los Angeles • Published In 1963 • Pages: 47-92
By: Dupire, Marguerite, Wright, H. M. (Hope M.).
Abstract
This investigation into women's rights regarding property, marriage, and inheritance also considers the influence of Islamic law and customs on gender-based power relations.
- Subjects
- Domesticated animals
- Property in movables
- Inheritance
- Division of labor by gender
- Gender status
- Mode of marriage
- Termination of marriage
- Secondary marriages
- Residence
- Family relationships
- Polygamy
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Sex training
- Transmission of cultural norms
- Transmission of skills
- Adolescent activities
- culture
- Fulani
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field Date
- 1951-1955
- Coverage Date
- 1951
- Coverage Place
- southwestern Niger
- Notes
- Marguerite Dupire
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 63024209
- LCSH
- Fula (African people)