Title: Shifting circles of support : contextualising gender and kinship in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract: Foreword - Judith Mbula Bahemuka Shifting Circles of Support - Carla Risseeuw and Rajni Palriwala PART ONE: CHANGING MARRIAGE AND KINSHIP RELATIONS UNDER COLONIALISM Marriage - From Rule to Rarity? Changing Gender Relations in Botswana - Francien Van Driel State Formation and Transformation in Gender Relations and Kinship - Carla Risseeuw The Case of Colonial Sri Lanka Gender, Kinship and the Control of Resources in Colonial Southern Ghana - Dzodzi Tsikata Women's Rights and the Decline of Matriliny in Kerala, India - K Saradamoni PART TWO: NEGOTIATING INSECURITY Who Gains from Matriliny? Men, Women and Change in a Lakshadweep Island - Leela Dube Negotiating Patriliny - Rajni Palriwala Intra-Household Consumption and Authrority in Rajasthan Women's Position and Fertility - Parveen Walji Moloo The Case of the Asians in Kenya PART THREE: THE ARTICULATION OF LEGAL SYSTEMS AND THE FAMILY Family Rights in Kenya - Kivutha Kibwana A Preliminary Examination of the Legal Framework State Intervention in the Family - Athaliah Molokomme A Case Study of the Child Maintenance Law in Botwana Gender Relations in the Family - Savitri Goonesekere Law and Public Policy in Sri Lanka - The Experience of a Colonized Society after Independence
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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