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Matrons and mistresses: women and boundaries in two Middle Eastern tribal societies
Archives Europeennes de Sociologie • 21 • Published In 1980 • Pages: 59-79
By: Lindisfarne, Nancy, Tapper, Nancy.
Abstract
This is a comparative study of the status of women among the Durrani Pashtun of north-central Afghanistan and the Shahsevan of north-western Iran. The author discusses the similarities in the status of women in these two societies as it relates to the control of economic and political resources and the differences in the status of women as it relates to the degree of sexual segregation, the character of marriage transactions and the importance of marriage in economic and political affairs, and in the ideals held by men and women about the roles and character of women. The author suggests that the differences in women's status in these two groups is linked to each group's experience of ethnic boundaries and intra-ethnic group hierarchy and authority.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Central Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field Date
- 1971-1972
- Coverage Date
- 1971-1972
- Coverage Place
- Durrani Pashtuns, north-central Afghanistan
- Notes
- Nancy Tapper
- Information on the Shahsevan has been indexed for Comparative Evidence (171).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 79)
- LCCN
- 64027672
- LCSH
- Pushtuns