| Included Work | Håkansson, Thomas. Appropriation of fertility. |
| Included Work | Håkansson, Thomas. Bridewealth, women, and land. |
| Included Work | Håkansson, Thomas. Grain, cattle, and power. |
| Included Work | Håkansson, Thomas. Detachability of women. |
| Included Work | Håkansson, Thomas. Socioeconmic stratification and marriage payments. |
| Included Work | Håkansson, Thomas. Gender and life-course strategies among the Gusii. |
| Included Work | LeVine, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1932- Witchcraft and sorcery in a Gusii community. |
| Included Work | LeVine, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1932- Adulthood among the Gusii of Kenya. |
| Included Work | LeVine, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1932- Gusii family. |
| Included Work | LeVine, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1932- Gusii funerals. |
| Included Work | LeVine, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1932- Gusii sex offenses. |
| Included Work | LeVine, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1932- Nyansongo. |
| Included Work | LeVine, Sarah, 1940- Dreams of young Gusii women. |
| Included Work | LeVine, Sarah, 1940- Crime or affliction? Rape in an African community. |
| Included Work | LeVine, Sarah, 1940- Mothers and wives. |
| Included Work | LeVine, Sarah, 1940- Separation and indivduation in an African society. |
| Included Work | Mayer, Iona. Nature of kinship relations. |
| Included Work | Mayer, Philip. Lineage principle in Gusii society. |
| Included Work | Mayer, Philip. Gusii bridewealth law and custom. |
| Included Work | Mayer, Philip. Gusii initiation ceremonies. |
| Included Work | Minturn, Leigh. Gusii mothers of Nyansongo. |
| Included Work | Nerlove, Sara Beth. Population growth in a Kenya community. |
| Included Work | Nyamongo, Isaac K. Malaria Cognate. |
| Included Work | Ogembo, Justus Mozart H'Achachi. Cultural narratives, violence, and mother-son loyalty. |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series | eHRAF world cultures
eHRAF world cultures. Africa. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents |
Culture summary, Gusii / N. Thomas Hakansson and John Beierle -- The appropriation of fertility / Thomas Håkansson -- Bridewealth, women, and land ; Grain, cattle, and power ; The detachability of women / N. Thomas Håkansson -- Socioeconmic stratification and marriage payments / Thomas Håkansson -- Gender and life-course strategies among the Gusii / N. Thomas Håkansson and Robert A. LeVine -- Witchcraft and sorcery in a Gusii community ; Adulthood among the Gusii of Kenya ; The Gusii family ; Gusii funerals: meanings of life and death in an African community ; Gusii sex offenses / Robert A. LeVine -- References ; Gusii culture: a person-centered perspective ; Gusii fertility, marriage, and family ; Pregnancy and birth ; Infant care ; Survival and health ; Communication and social learning during infancy ; Variations in infant interaction / Robert A. LeVine ... [et al.] -- Nyansongo: a Gusii community in Kenya / Robert A. LeVine, Barbara B. LeVine -- The dreams of young Gusii women ; Crime or affliction? Rape in an African community / Sarah LeVine -- Mothers and wives / Sarah LeVine in collaboration with Robert A. LeVine -- Separation and indivduation in an African society / Sarah LeVine and Gary Pfeifer -- The nature of kinship relations / Iona Mayer -- The lineage principle in Gusii society ; Gusii bridewealth law and custom ; Gusii initiation ceremonies / Philip Mayer -- The Gusii mothers of Nyansongo: Kenya, Africa / Leigh Minturn, William W. Lambert -- Population growth in a Kenya community / Sara B. Nerlove and Robert A. Levine -- The malaria cognate, folk classification of illness among the Abagusii of Kenya / Isaac K. Nyamongo -- Cultural narratives, violence, and mother-son loyalty / Justus M. Ogembo. |
| Abstract |
Gusii or Abagusii is the people's name for themselves. The Gusii are divided into seven clan clusters: Kitutu (Getutu), North Mugirango, South Mugirango, Majoge, Wanjare (Nchari), Bassi, and Nyaribari. Gusiiland is located in western Kenya, 50 kilometers east of Lake Victoria. This collection of 32 English language documents deals with the Gusii people of Kisii District in southwestern Kenya. The major time span covered is approximately one hundred years ranging from about 1900 to 2001, with a focus on the years of 1950-1976. Only one study in this collection (Hakansson, 1994) deals with the pre-colonial period (i.e., pre-1907); specifically with the relationship between agricultural production and grain and cattle exchange. Two studies provide some degree of general ethnographic coverage; these are LeVine 1966 and 1994. In addition the LeVines (Robert and Sarah) provide a wealth of information on infant and child care and development. Other ethnographic topics covered in this collection are: bride-wealth as a significant feature of Gusii marriage arrangements in Mayer, 1950 and Hakansson, 1988 and 1990; kinship in Mayer, 1949 and 1965; witchcraft and sorcery in LeVine, 1963 and Ogembo, 2001; gender in Hakansson and LeVine, 1997, and Hakansson, 1994; and sex offenses and social control in LeVine, 1959 and 1980. Eight documents are from the text, Child Care and culture: Lessons from Africa. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed June 21, 2008). |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was first released in 2008. |
| Contains title |
Child care and culture: Lessons from Africa. Selections. |
