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Sonjo Bride‐Price and the Question of African “Wife Purchasex” 1

1960; Wiley; Volume: 62; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/aa.1960.62.1.02a00030

1548-1433

Robert Gray,

African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues

American AnthropologistVolume 62, Issue 1 p. 34-57 Sonjo Bride-Price and the Question of African "Wife Purchasex"1 ROBERT F. GRAY, ROBERT F. GRAY University of IllinoisSearch for more papers by this author ROBERT F. GRAY, ROBERT F. GRAY University of IllinoisSearch for more papers by this author First published: February 1960 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1960.62.1.02a00030Citations: 29 1 I am indebted to E. H. Winter for helpful suggestions during the drafting of this paper. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat REFERENCES CITED Bohannan, Paul 1955 Some principles of exchange and investment among the Tiv. American Anthropologist 57: 60–70. Bohannan, Paul 1957 Justice and judgment among the Tiv. London, Oxford University Press. Evans-Pritchard, E. E. 1931 An alternative term for "bride-price". Man 31: 36–39. Evans-Pritchard, E. E. 1949 Nuer rules of exogamy and incest. In Social structure; studies presented to A. R. M. Fortes Radcliffe-Brown, ed. Oxford, Clarendon Press. Fallers, L. A. 1957 Some determinants of marriage stability in Busoga: a reformulation of Gluckman's hypothesis. Africa 27: 106–121. Gulliver, P. H. 1955 The family herds; a study of two pastoral tribes in East Africa, the Jie and Turkana. London, Routledge and K. Paul. Herskovits, M. J. 1952 Economic anthropology; a study in comparative economics. New York, Alfred A. Knopf. Junod, H. A. 1927 The life of a South African tribe. London, Macmillan & Co. Kenyatta, Jomo 1956 Facing Mount Kenya; the tribal life of the Gikuyu. London, Secker and Warburg. LaFontaine, J. S. 1959 The Gisu of Uganda. Ethnographic survey of Africa, East Central Africa, Part X. London, International African Institute. Mair, L. P. 1934 An African people in the twentieth century. London, G. Routledge & Sons. Mair, L. P. 1940 Native marriage in Buganda. International Institute of African Languages and Cultures, Memorandum No. 19. London, Oxford University Press. Mair, L. P. 1953 African marriage and social change. In Survey of African marriage and family life, Arthur Phillips ed., London, Oxford University Press. Mayer, Philip 1950 Gusii bridewealth law and custom. Rhodes-Livingstone Papers No. 18. London, Oxford University Press. Merton, R. K. 1949 Social theory and social structure; toward the codification of theory and research. Glencoe, Free Press. Pearsall, Marion 1947 Distributional variations of bride-wealth in the East African Cattle Area. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 3: 15–31. Phillips, Arthur 1953 Marriage laws in Africa. In Survey of African marriage and family life, Arthur Phillips ed., London, Oxford University Press. Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. 1929 Bride-price, earnest or indemnity. Man 29: 131–132. Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. 1950 Introduction. In African systems of kinship and marriage, A. R. Radcliffe-Brown and Daryll Forde eds., London, Oxford University Press. Radcliffe-Brown, A. R. 1952 Structure and function in primitive society, essays and addresses. Glencoe, Free Press. Raglan, Lord 1931 Bride-price. Man 31: 75. Roscoe, John 1911 The Baganda; an account of their native customs and beliefs. London, Macmillan and Co. Schneider, D. M. 1953 A note on bridewealth and the stability of marriage. Man 53: 55–57. Schneider, H. 1959 Pakot resistance to change. In Continuity and change in African culture, W. R. Bascom and M. J. Herskovits eds., Chicago, University of Chicago Press. Smith, Edwin W. and A. M. Dale 1920 The Ila-speaking people of Northern Rhodesia. London, Macmillan and Co. Winter, E. H. 1956 Bwamba; a structural-functional analysis of a patrilineal society. Cambridge, W. Heffer. Citing Literature Volume62, Issue1February 1960Pages 34-57 ReferencesRelatedInformation