Plural marriage among the Wolof in the Gambia: with a consideration of problems of marital adjustment and patterned ways of resolving tensions

Ames, David W.

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Plural marriage among the Wolof in the Gambia: with a consideration of problems of marital adjustment and patterned ways of resolving tensions

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By: Ames, David W..

Abstract
The author states, in this doctoral dissertation, that his study of Wolof polygyny seeks to give attention to the entire range of cultural phenomena, focusing attention on the individual acting in various ways in concrete situations and trying to discover the attitudes, motivations, and sanctions that underlie and help to explain such behavior. The discussion begins with the principal patterns of Wolof culture and then goes to specific topics such as marriage, social stratification, status of women, family and kinship structure, household economy, property ownership, problems of individual adjustment in a polygynous household, and the impact of European culture. In 1959, the author was assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin.

Regulation of marriage

Nuptials

Gender status

Ingroup antagonisms

Extramarital sex relations

Division of labor by gender