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Women and property in Guajiro societyarticle 1987 • Watson-Franke, Maria-Barbara
Goajiro • South America > Northwestern South America
This paper discusses property-related issues and concepts among the Guajiro ...from a women-oriented perspective, focusing on types of acquisition and management of property as well as death and compensation-linked property transactions. Also conside...Conflicting images of women and female enculturation among Urban Guajiroarticle 1986 • Watson-Franke, Maria-Barbara & Watson, Lawrence Craig
Goajiro • South America > Northwestern South America
This paper focuses on what the author believes is an acute example of 'image confrontation' in the urban setting involving Guajiro mothers and their daughters. This occurs as tribal-born mothers who hold to tribal images of womanhood, attempt to incu...