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Author:   Henrietta Moore ,  Todd Sanders ,  Bwire Kaare
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Volume:   v. 69
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9781845205973

ISBN 10:   1845205979
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 January 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART 1 INTRODUCTION1 Gender, Symbolism and Praxis: Theoretical ApproachesPART II RITUAL SYMBOLS: PERFORMANCE AND NARRATIVES2 'Doing Gender' in Africa: Embodying Categories and the Categorically Disembodied3 The Lion at the Waterhole: The Secrets of Life and Death in Chewa4 First Gender, Wrong Sex5 Saisee Tororeita: An Analysis of Complementarity in Akie Gender Ideology6 Creation and the Multiple Female Body: Turkana Perspectives on Gender and CosmosPART III GENDER, FERTILITY AND SOCIAL AGENCY7 'Dealing with Men's Spears': Datooga Pastoralists Combating Male Intrusion on Female Fertility8 Gender Ideology, and the Domestic and Public Domains Among the Iraqw9 Women's Work is Weeping: Constructions of Gender in a Catholic CommunityPART IV AFTERWARD10 Chaos and Creativity: The Transformative Symbolism of Fused Categories

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Henrietta L. Moore is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Gender Institute and Todd Sanders is Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, both at the London School of Economics. Bwire Kaare is Lecturer in the Institute of Finance Management, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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