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Here, the author examines the impact of colonialism and the cash economy on the Nandi, a semi-pastoral and patrilineal people of western Kenya, emphasizing changes in women's and men's economic roles and their respective relations to property and to each other.

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'Interesting case studies of African women ... They combine to make a book which offers a variety of readable material, generally free from specialist vocabulary and polemical tone. It can be recommended to anyone curious about the lives of African women.' Shirley Ardener, The Times Literary Supplement

Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Nandi society, then and now 3. General ethnography of gender roles 4. Marriage 5. Colonialism, neocolonialism, and economic change 6. Production of the family estate 7. Rights in the family estate 8. Sexual stratification and socioeconomic change Appendix Index.

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/06/1985
      ISBN13: 9780804712248, 978-0804712248
      ISBN10: 0804712247
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      Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Here, the author examines the impact of colonialism and the cash economy on the Nandi, a semi-pastoral and patrilineal people of western Kenya, emphasizing changes in women's and men's economic roles and their respective relations to property and to each other.

      Trade Review
      'Interesting case studies of African women ... They combine to make a book which offers a variety of readable material, generally free from specialist vocabulary and polemical tone. It can be recommended to anyone curious about the lives of African women.' Shirley Ardener, The Times Literary Supplement

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction 2. Nandi society, then and now 3. General ethnography of gender roles 4. Marriage 5. Colonialism, neocolonialism, and economic change 6. Production of the family estate 7. Rights in the family estate 8. Sexual stratification and socioeconomic change Appendix Index.

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