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Bigger than men? Gender relations and their changing meaning in Kipsigis society, Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Dorthe von Bülow
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Cet article examine pourquoi les femmes Kipsigis sont actuellement fortes et determinées malgré le fait que la colonisation et le plus grand confort de vivre ont augmenté leur subordination. M'inspirant sur des études qui lient des idées culturelles sur les sexes aux relations sociales actuelles, j'examine comment les idées Kipsigis sur les hommes et les femmes jouent dans les relations de production. J'argumente que les relations entre les sexes et les significations données aux sexes ont radicalement changées pendant le courant de ce siècle, et que les circonstances économiques et politiques changées ont amené de nouvelles discussions concernant a l signification et l'interprétation d'idéologies des sexes. L'article démontre comment les femmes Kipsigis arrivent à négocier le contrôle de ressources de ménage en se référant a et en manipulant des idées habituelles concernant les status et les droits dans les complexes de propriété ménagère tels que pratiqués dans la société précoloniale.

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Africa , Volume 62 , Issue 4 , October 1992 , pp. 523 - 546
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Copyright © International African Institute 1992

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