Changing Roles of Women in Two African Muslim Cultures

Chapters in this book

1. I-XIV I
2. Introduction 1
3. SECTION ONE: REPRODUCTION
4. Reproduction: Introductory Notes 7
5. Socialization of Non-Human Primate Females: A Brief Overview 13
6. Prenatal Hormones and Human Behavior: Implications for the Status of Women 19
7. Spontaneous and Induced Abortion in Human and Non-Human Primates 25
8. Birth Rituals in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Some Practical Applications 37
9. The Relevance of Nourishment to the Reproductive Cycle of the Female in India 43
10. Nutrition and Pregnancy 49
11. Defining Marriage Cross-Culturally 55
12. Matrescence, Becoming a Mother, A “New/Old” Rite de Passage 65
13. Matri-Patrilocality and the Birth of the First Child 73
14. Affectivity and Instrumentality in Friendship Patterns among American Women 87
15. An Explanation for Matrilocal Residence 99
16. SECTION TWO: WOMEN AND POWER
17. Women and Power: Introductory Notes 111
18. Women and Domestic Power: Political and Economic Strategies in Domestic Groups 117
19. A Note on a Feminine Factor in Cultural History 131
20. Non-Hierarchical, Hierarchical, and Masked Reciprocity in the Arab Village 139
21. Bundu: Political Implications of Female Solidarity in a Secret Society 155
22. Three Styles of Domestic Authority : A Cross-Cultural Study 165
23. A Review of the Women’s Movement in the United States 177
24. American Women in Politics: Culture, Structure, and Ideology 189
25. SECTION THREE: SOCIAL TRENDS
26. Social Trends: Introductory Notes 203
27. The Eurogallegas : Female Spanish Migration 207
28. Attitudes towards Reproduction in a Rapidly Changing African Society 215
29. The Concepts of “Femininity” and “Liberation” in the Context of Changing Sex-Roles: Women in Modern India and America 219
30. Vietnamese Women: Their Roles and Their Options 231
31. Changing Roles of Women in Two African Muslim Cultures 249
32. Women and Social Customs within the Family: A Case Study of Attitudes in Kerala, India 255
33. Some Remarks on the Legal Equality between Men and Women 267
34. Biographical Notes 273
35. Index of Names 281
36. Index of Subjects 287