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Title:Woman and 'Civilization': The Intersection of Gender and Prestige in Southeastern Liberia
Author:Moran, Mary H.ISNI
Year:1988
Periodical:Canadian Journal of African Studies
Volume:22
Issue:3
Pages:491-501
Language:English
Geographic term:Liberia
Subjects:Grebo
women
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Women's Issues
Cultural Roles
Status of Women
Sex Roles
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/485951
Abstract:This article examines how gender intersects with other achieved statuses in determining the relative prestige of an individual within a cultural system. The author argues that for the Glebo of Liberia the state of being 'civilized', which corresponds roughly to 'westernized', is conditioned by gender constructions in such a way as to make its achievement and maintenance much more problematic for women than for men. The Glebo have inserted gender into the civilized/native dichotomy to the point where women's status is not only more tenuous than men's but also very difficult to maintain without male support. There are a few independent sources of female prestige in the civilized world, where women may fill roles such as worker, citizen, and so on; but in contrast with the native context, none of these roles is exclusively for women. Bibliogr., sum. in French.
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