Cows, Bulls, and Gender Roles : Pastoral Strategies for Survival and Continuity in Western Sudan
Issue Date
1987-01Author
Michael, Barbara J.
Publisher
University of Kansas
Type
Dissertation
Degree Level
Ph.D.
Discipline
Anthropology
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The dissertation examines pastoral nomadic economic strategies in terms of social organization and gender roles. It makes two assertions: (1) that sedentarization is a pastoral nomadic strategy, and (2) that segmented gender roles, assigned contextually and situationally facilitate (along to public and private domains, with the various economic strategies), the overall goal of maintaining the pastoral nomadic lifestyle.
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This dissertation was submitted to the Department of Anthropology and the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. It was the winner of the Dorothy Haglund Award for an Outstanding Dissertation.
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