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Marriage instability among the Kanuri of northern Nigeria
American anthropologist • 63 (6) • Published In 1961 • Pages: 1231-1249
By: Cohen, Ronald.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Cohen examines the reasons for high divorce rates among the Kanuri. For one, there are no moral sanctions against divorce. Islam does not proscribe against it and there are socially accepted roles for divorced women to hold. However, Islamic teachings and the patriarchal structure of Kanuri society do place women in a subordinate position to men, although not all men have the social and economic means to back up their superordinate position. According to Cohen, divorce is the result of women subverting the traditionally sanctioned role of male domination (see also Cohen 1971.)
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gender status
- Marriage
- Family
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kanuri
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1/1955-8/1957
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Borno State, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ronald Cohen
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 1248-1249)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kanuri (African people)