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Author Smedley, Audrey.

Title Women creating patrilyny : gender and environment in West Africa / Audrey Smedley.

Publication Info. Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [2004]
©2004
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.48896 S637W    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.48896 S637W c.2  Check Shelf
Description viii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271) and index.
Contents Introduction -- The Birom People and their history -- Ecological features of the precolonial past -- Du Village : organization of space and people -- The ecological basis of the kin group -- The life cycle of the kin group -- Ritual and the distribution of public power -- Village wards and other forms of social control -- Gender, marriage,and the establishment of the domestic unit.
Subject Women, Birom -- Kinship.
Women, Birom -- Social conditions.
Women, Birom -- Psychology.
Patrilineal kinship -- Nigeria -- Jos Plateau.
Sex role -- Nigeria -- Jos Plateau.
Jos Plateau (Nigeria) -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 0759103178 hardcover alkaline paper
9780759103177 hardcover alkaline paper
0759103186 paperback alkaline paper
9780759103184 paperback alkaline paper
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