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====== Gender is a cultural construct and a social process—Cases of “woman-marriage” in Africa and matrimonial alliance (part 1) ======

===== Gender is a cultural construct and a social process—Cases of “woman-marriage” in Africa and matrimonial alliance (part 1) =====

Jadran Mimica

ANTH 1001: Introduction to anthropology

Monday, April 27, 2020 (Week 9)

Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/1001/2020/3.3.1

==== Required readings ====

Denise O’Brien “Female Husbands in Southern Bantu Societies,” in //Sexual Stratification: A Cross-Cultural View//, ed. Alice Schlegel (New York: Columbia University Press, 1977), 109–126.

==== Supplemental readings ====

Joseph M. Carrier and Stephen O. Murray “Woman-Woman Marriage in Africa,” in //Boy-Wives and Female Husbands: Studies in African Homosexualities//, ed. Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998), 255–266, 320–321.

Eileen Jensen Krige “Woman-Marriage, with Special Reference to the Loυedu. Its Significance for the Definition of Marriage,” //Africa: Journal of the International African Institute// 44, no. 1 (1974): 11–37, doi:[[https://doi.org/10.2307/1158564|10.2307/1158564]].

===== Jadran’s lecture notes will be posted on Canvas =====

Notes and other material for Jadran’s lectures will be in this week’s topic page on the class [[http://canvas.sydney.edu.au|Canvas]] site.

===== References =====

Carrier, Joseph M., and Stephen O. Murray. “Woman-Woman Marriage in Africa.” In //Boy-Wives and Female Husbands: Studies in African Homosexualities//, edited by Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe, 255–266, 320–321. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998.


Krige, Eileen Jensen. “Woman-Marriage, with Special Reference to the Loυedu. Its Significance for the Definition of Marriage.” //Africa: Journal of the International African Institute// 44, no. 1 (1974): 11–37. doi:[[https://doi.org/10.2307/1158564|10.2307/1158564]].


O’Brien, Denise. “Female Husbands in Southern Bantu Societies.” In //Sexual Stratification: A Cross-Cultural View//, edited by Alice Schlegel, 109–126. New York: Columbia University Press, 1977.



===== A guide to the unit =====

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