Book

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.
Subjects
Castes
Lineages
Clans
Polygamy
Kinship terminology
Basis of marriage
Regulation of marriage
Nuptials
Gender status
Ingroup antagonisms
Extramarital sex relations
Division of labor by gender
culture
Wolof
HRAF PubDate
1999
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Western Africa
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Robert Lee ; 1959
Field Date
1950-1951
Coverage Date
1950-1951
Coverage Place
Gambia and Senegal
Notes
David Wason Ames
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-145)
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Northwestern University, 1953
LCSH
Wolof (African people)