Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Keywords:
Gusii (African people)
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Gusii
;
Gusii
Abstract:
Gusii or Abagusii is the people's name for themselves. The Gusii are divided into seven clan clusters: Kitutu (Getutu), North Mugirango, South Mugirango, Majoge, Wanjare (Nchari), Bassi, and Nyaribari. Gusiiland is located in western Kenya, 50 kilometers east of Lake Victoria. This collection of 32 English language documents deals with the Gusii people of Kisii District in southwestern Kenya. The major time span covered is approximately one hundred years ranging from about 1900 to 2001, with a focus on the years of 1950-1976. Only one study in this collection (Hakansson, 1994) deals with the pre-colonial period (i.e., pre-1907); specifically with the relationship between agricultural production and grain and cattle exchange. Two studies provide some degree of general ethnographic coverage; these are LeVine 1966 and 1994. In addition the LeVines (Robert and Sarah) provide a wealth of information on infant and child care and development. Other ethnographic topics covered in this collection are: bride-wealth as a significant feature of Gusii marriage arrangements in Mayer, 1950 and Hakansson, 1988 and 1990; kinship in Mayer, 1949 and 1965; witchcraft and sorcery in LeVine, 1963 and Ogembo, 2001; gender in Hakansson and LeVine, 1997, and Hakansson, 1994; and sex offenses and social control in LeVine, 1959 and 1980. Eight documents are from the text, Child Care and culture: Lessons from Africa
Note:
Culture summary: Gusii - N. Thomas Hakansson and John Beierle (synopsis and indexing notes) - 2006 -- - The lineage principle in Gusii society - by Philip Mayer - 1949 -- - Gusii bridewealth law and custom - by Philip Mayer - 1950 -- - The nature of kinship relations: the significance of the use of kinship terms among the Gusii - by Iona Mayer - 1965 -- - The Gusii mothers of Nyansongo: Kenya, Africa - [by] Leigh Minturn [and] William W. Lambert - [1964] -- - Nyansongo: a Gusii community in Kenya - [by] Robert A. LeVine [and] Barbara B. LeVine - [1966] -- - References - [by] Robert A. LeVine ... [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron ... [et al.] - 1994 -- - Gusii culture: a person-centered perspective - [by] Robert A. LeVine ... [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron ... [et al.] - 1994 --
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- Gusii fertility, marriage, and family - [by] Robert A. LeVine ... [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron ... [et al.] - 1994 -- - Pregnancy and birth - [by] Robert A. LeVine ... [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron ... [et al.] - 1994 -- - Infant care: cultural norms and interpersonal environment - [by] Robert A. LeVine ... [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron ... [et al.] - 1994 -- - Survival and health: priorities for early development - [by] Robert A. LeVine ... [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron ... [et al.] - 1994 -- - Communication and social learning during infancy - [by] Robert A. LeVine ... [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron ... [et al.] - 1994 -- - Variations in infant interaction: illustrative cases - [by] Robert A. LeVine ... [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron ... [et al.] - 1994 -- - Mothers and wives: Gusii women of East Africa - Sarah LeVine in collaboration with Robert A. LeVine - 1979 -- - Witchcraft and sorcery in a Gusii community - Robert A. LeVine - [1963] -- - Adulthood among the Gusii of Kenya - Robert A. LeVine - 1980 -- - The Gusii family - Robert A. LeVine - 1964 --
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- Gusii initiation ceremonies - Philip Mayer - 1952 -- - The appropriation of fertility: descent and sex among the Gusii - Thomas Håkansson - 1990 -- - The malaria cognate: folk classification of illness among the Abagusii of Kenya - Isaac K. Nyamongo - 1997 -- - Population growth in a Kenya community - by Sarah B. Nerlove and Robert A. LeVine - 1972 -- - Gusii funerals: meanings of life and death in an African community - Robert A. LeVine - 1982 -- - Cultural narratives, violence, and mother-son loyalty: an exploration into Gusii personification of evil - Justus M. Ogembo - 2001 -- - The dreams of young Gusii women: a content analysis - Sarah LeVine - 1982 -- - Gusii sex offenses: a study in social control - Robert A. LeVine - 1959 -- - Bridewealth, women, and land: social change among the Gusii of Kenya - Thomas Håkansson - 1988 -- - Grain, cattle, and power: social processes of intensive cultivation and exchange in precolonial western Kenya - N. Thomas Håkansson - 1994 --
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- Gender and life-course strategies among the Gusii - N. Thomas Håkansson and Robert LeVine - 1997 -- - Detachability of women: gender and kinship in processes of socioeconomic change among the Gusii of Kenya - N. Thomas Håkansson - 1994 -- - Socioeconmic stratification and marriage payments: elite marriage and bridewealth among the Gusii of Kenya - Thomas Håkansson - 1990 -- - Separation and indivduation in an African society: the developmental tasks of the Gusii married woman - Sarah LeVine and Gary Pfeifer - 1982 -- - Crime or affliction?: rape in an African community - Sarah LeVine - 1980
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