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African families and the crisis of social change /

African families and the crisis of social change / edited by Thomas S. Weisner, Candice Bradley, and Philip L. Kilbride in collaboration with A.B.C. Ocholla-Ayayo, Joshua Akong'a, and Simiyu Wandibba. - Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1997. - xxxii, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Introduction: Crisis in the African Family / Psychological and Institutional Defense Mechanisms in Times of Change / Support for Children and the African Family Crisis / Morality and Change: Family Unity and Paternal Authority among Kipsigis and Abaluyia Elders and Students / Gender, Status, and Values among Kikuyu and Appalachian Adolescents / HIV/AIDS Risks Factors and Changing Sexual Practices in Kenya / The Social and Cultural Contexts of Food Production in Uganda and Kenya / Malnutrition and Gender Relations in Western Kenya / The Discourse of Neglect: Family Support for the Elderly in Samia / Pronatalism and the Elderly in Tiriki, Kenya / Beatrice Whiting and John Whiting -- Candice Bradley and Thomas S. Weisner -- Joshua Akong'a -- Thomas S. Weisner -- Carolyn Pope Edwards -- Susan Abbott -- A. B. C. Ocholla-Ayayo -- Michael A. Whyte -- Susan Reynolds Whyte and Priscilla Wanjiru Kariuki -- Maria G. Cattell -- Walter H. Sangree -- 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Stigma, Role Overload, and Delocalization among Contemporary Kenyan Women / Why Fertility Is Going Down in Maragoli / Gender and Life-Course Strategies among the Gusii / Polygyny and Resource Allocation in the Lake Victoria Basin / Changing Women's Rights over Property in Western Kenya / Logoli Childhood and the Cultural Reproduction of Sex Differentiation / Right Values and Good Fortune: Bukusu Responses to Ecological Opportunity / Changing Roles in the Bukusu Family / Modernization, Family Life, and Child Development in Kokwet / Philip L. Kilbride and Janet C. Kilbride -- Candice Bradley -- N. Thomas Hakansson and Robert A. LeVine -- Joseph W. Ssennyonga -- Ruth Nasimiyu -- Robert L. Munroe and Ruth H. Munroe -- Jan J. de Wolf -- Simiyu Wandibba -- Charles M. Super and Sara Harkness. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

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Families--Africa--Congresses.
Social change--Africa--Congresses.
Intergenerational relations--Africa--Congresses.

HQ691 / .A697 1997

306.85/096

 

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