Publication Information The main body of the Publication Information page contains all the metadata that HRAF holds for that document.
Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Hetherington, Penelope
Title:
Generational changes in marriage patterns in the Central
Province of Kenya, 1930-1990
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Journal of Asian and African studies -- Vol. 36, no.
2
Published By: Original publisher
Journal of Asian and African studies -- Vol. 36, no.
2
Leiden: E.J. Brill. 2001. 157-180 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Penelope Hetherington
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2010. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Gikuyu (FL10)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Puberty and initiation (881);
Marriage (580);
Gender status (562);
Gender roles and issues (890);
Polygamy (595);
Family relationships (593);
Labor supply and employment (464);
Missions (797);
External relations (648);
Education system (871);
Sociocultural trends (178);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document compares the experiences and attitudes of of
three generations of Kikuyu women, in Kenya, concerning female circumcision, polygny,
bridewealth payment, and age at first marriage. It shows that most women in the third
generation who were in their twenties in 1990, have abandoned both female circumcision and
polygny. Most of them attempt to construct a marriage arrangment that reflects their
understanding of western Christian practices.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
12
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
fl10-012
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Journal Article
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1990
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Historian-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1930-1990
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Kenya
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Kikuyu (African people)
