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Relations between the sexes among the Nuerarticle 1980 • Hutchinson, Sharon Elaine
Nuer • Africa > Eastern Africa
This is an erudite analysis of traditional Nuer gender relations based on ethnographic works from the 1930s. Hutchinson sees Nuer gender relations as complimentary and mediated by the symbolism of human blood, which women create but men control. Wome...