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Becoming a KwomaBook 1941 • Whiting, John Wesley Mayhew
Kwoma • Oceania > Melanesia
This study describes in detail the socialization process of the Kwoma individual. Young children are treated with very great indulgence, and scolding and beating are practiced in moderation in disciplining older children. The males have to undergo se...Kwoma journalBook 1970 • Whiting, John Wesley Mayhew
Kwoma • Oceania > Melanesia
As a field journal, this book gives insight into various kinds of situations in the field, and elucidates the character of certain informants. It is, however, too disorganized to present a full ethnographic picture of Kwoma culture. Interpersonal rel...Social change in adolescent sexual behavior, mate selection, and premarital pregancy rates in a Kikuyu communityarticle 1987 • Worthman, Carol M. & Whiting, John Wesley Mayhew
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This study discusses adolescent fertility and marriage patterns in Ngecha village, Kenya. Comparing data from 1950 with that of 1980, the study shows substantial increases in rate of unwed motherhood. The author accounts this increase to broad cultur...The village and its familiesessay 2004 • Whiting, Beatrice Blyth et al.
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This document is a chapter from an edited volume decribing aspects of child development and community life in a Kikuyu Kenyan vilage called Ngecha. Specif focus of this document includes gender roles and family dynamics as reflected in the lived expe...The historical stageessay 2004 • Whiting, Beatrice Blyth et al.
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This document reconstructs history of a Kenyan village called Ngecha. It describes changes in community organization, economic activities and acess to education and markets by way of setting the historical setting for subsequent chapters of an edited...Changing concepts of the good child and good motheringessay 2004 • Whiting, Beatrice Blyth et al.
Gikuyu • Africa > Eastern Africa
This document focues on cultural concepts of childhood and mothering in a Kenyan village called Ngecha. The document was originally published as a chapter in an edited volume exploring critical cultural variables affecting parent and child behavior i...