ISBN:
9789956552726
Language:
English
Pages:
344 Seiten
DDC:
306.7096
Keywords:
Gender identity
;
Sex
;
Sex role
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Notes on Contributors -- Contents -- Series Preface. African Potentials for Convivial World-Making -- 1. The Idea of 'African Potentials' -- 2. African Forum: A Unique Intellectual Collaboration between Japan and Africa -- 3. What are African Potentials? -- 4. The African Potentials Series -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction. Contemporary Gender and Sexuality in Africa: African-Japanese Anthropological Approach -- 1. What Did Encounters with the West and Colonisation Bring to Gender and Sexuality in Africa? -- 2. Power, Patrilineal/Matrilineal and Women's Social Status in Africa -- 3. Control of Sexuality in a Local Context -- 4. Diversity of Marriage and Securing Offspring -- 5. Battle of Sexuality -- 6. Researcher's Gender/Sexuality and Positionality -- 7. Structure of the Book: Chapter by Chapter -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part I. Changes and Potentials in Customary Marriage Systems and People's Responses in Traditional African Patriarchal Societies -- Chapter 1 - Who Cares for an Illegitimate Child? Rethinking Kinship and Care Potential Based on Cases of Pregnancy in Unmarried Girls among the Maale of Ethiopia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Alle nay : Children Born to Single Women -- 4. Pregnancy Options for Unmarried Girls -- 5. Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 2 - Changes in the Traditional Social System of Polygyny: Kenya's Independence to the Present -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Marriage and Funerals Determine the Course of People's Lives -- 3. The Status of Polygyny in Local Communities -- 4. Polygyny as Social Welfare -- 5. Polygamist Akuku's Death and Kenya Reborn -- 6. Current Condition of Polygyny in Africa -- 7. Conclusion: How Might Legitimate Polygyny Work? -- Endnotes -- Acknowledgements -- References.
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