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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Matrilineal"”.
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Changes in Matrilineal Kinship on the Malabar Coast
… kinship system of the Nayars and certain other matrilineal Hindu castes, and also on the patrilineal Mappillas ( Muslims) of South Malabar. Very little of the material collected in South Malabar is presented in this thesis. My data on South Malabar Nayar kinship were, I found later, incomplete …
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Matrilineal Asset Inheritance, Female Bargaining Power, and Household Welfare in Malawi
<p>Matrilineal inheritance practices in Malawi exogenously determine female land holdings at the time of marriage, allowing for the identification of the effect of increased female bargaining power on household consumption decisions. I use the matrilineal ethnicity of the head of household as an …
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An Economy of (Dis)Affections: Women-Headed Households, Cash Transfers and Matrilineal Relations in Kenya South Coast
… Women-Headed Households, Cash Transfers and Matrilineal Relations in Kenya South Coast Summary This thesis explores how woman household heads in Msambweni of Kenya South Coast maintain matrilineal relations in the face of socio-economic constraints and historical social, religious and state …
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An ethnographic study of the well-being of elderly people in a matrilineal society in Malawi, Africa
… study of 30 elderly men and women was done in a matrilineal group in Malawi, a small landlocked country in southeastern Africa, with the purpose of determining how societal change influences the well-being of the elderly. The study was carried out on the outskirts of the capital city and in a …
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Artistically Unfolding: The role of ‘the maternal’ in the construction of British-Indian female identity amongst women in the author’s matrilineal line 1914 - 2023
… of British-Indian identity among women in my matrilineal line between 1914 – 2023, mapping this development across India, Kenya and Britain. It is informed by my experiences, as a British-born Indian woman whose body maps her dual identity, its perception and reception. I draw on diverse …
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Dynamics of kinship and the uncertainties of life: Spirit cults and healing management in northern Thailand
… in decline and have led to a breakdown of the matrilineal system, in the village of Baan Yang Luang in Mae Chaem district the belief in matrilineal spirits and ancestors is still maintained in interesting counterpoint to social change. The power of spirits is used to manage human …
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Maintaining contact : design and use of acoustic signals in killer whales, Orcinus orca
… population has demonstrated stable kin-based matrilineal social groups and pod-specific calling behavior. Individually-distinctive markings and pigmentation patterns were used to identify groups or individuals from which sounds were recorded. Recordings from each of the three matrilineal …
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Kinship and family life of the Herero
… descent is waning. Especially among women, matrilineal descent is emphasized. Children belong to the whole matrilineal descent group and especially help from brothers' and maternal uncles' is essential for single mothers. Children are also fostered out to close relatives. According to …
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Sistem kekeluargaan dalam Islam: Interpretasi surat an-Nisa’ ayat 22 dan 23
… garis keturunan pada garis ibu yang disebut matrilineal banyak dianut di daerah Minangkabau. Ada pula sistem kekeluargaan parental yang menarik garis keturunan dari garis laki-laki (ayah) dan perempuan (ibu), sistem ini dianut Jawa, Madura dan Sumatera Selatan. Berkenaan dengan permasalahan …
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Female Social Rank and Steroid Production in Semi-Free Ranging Lemur Catta on St. Catherines Island, Georgia
… hierarchy.<em> L. catta </em>have a strong matrilineal social core due to females staying within their natal group and males dispersing at sexual maturity. Daughters “inherit” their mother’s social rank. However, it is not known if the matrilineal lines are maintained through learned …
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Eating identity: food, gender, and social organization in late Neolithic northern China
… period during which societies were changing from matrilineal/matriarchal clans to patrilineal/patriarchal families. In this thesis, I shall argue that rice consumption had been used as an important identity marker (including ethnicity, gender, and social status) of individuals at some Dawenkou …
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Dialect Use Within a Socially Fluid Group of Southern Resident Killer Whales, <i>Orcinus orca</i>
… of SRKWs. This is the first study to assess matrilineal dialect use of SRKWs and the subsequent knowledge of matrilineal dialect use of specific groups resulting from this study may prove useful for the future passive acoustic monitoring and management of this endangered population. </p>
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All This Plastic, All This Glass
… Through poetry, ideas on maternal anxieties, matrilineal relationships, human body donations to science, and display are all discussed. This manuscript hopes to blend both science and poetic language to create a new experience for readers of all backgrounds. <em>All This Plastic, All This …
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A big family of bad bad bad girls! Critical study of knotted entanglements between body, kinship, time, memory and language among trans women who live in Istanbul
… formed mother and daughter relationships and matrilineal ties that are formed among trans women in Turkey to develop a trans theoretical perspective that would allow us to slow down the almost automatic and often state-sponsored inextricabilities that link body, to identity, to family, to a …
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Mambokadzi
Mambokadzi is built around the stories of my matrilineal histories and centred on the intimate space in which my grandmother, mother and I exist. It also seeks to recognize the collective space of Black womxn through an exploration of the royal ancestral spirit Nehanda who instigated the first …
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In beauty, I walk: toward a maternal praxis of Diné decolonization
… proposes a potential pathway to rethink how Diné matrilineal knowledge can work to inform a Diné female academic identity. In keeping with the decolonizing traditions of Indigenous scholars, I will use a Beautyway lens—as mediated by Diné traditional learning modalities—to explore how the …
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Inheritance and Social Change Among the Tonga of Southern Province of Zambia, 1900-1989
This study is an enquiry into the matrilineal inheritance of the Tonga of Zambia between 1900 and 1989. We argue that before the penetration of capitalism the Tonga Society provided for the social security of all the members of society. We also argue that inheritance did not precipitate controversy …
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Inheritance and Social Change Among the Tonga of Southern Province of Zambia, 1900-1989
This study is an enquiry into the matrilineal inheritance of the Tonga of Zambia between 1900 and 1989. We argue that before the penetration of capitalism the Tonga Society provided for the social security of all the members of society. We also argue that inheritance did not precipitate controversy …
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