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Title: | Stock and aristocracy: the political implications of Swazi marriage |
Author: | Derman, P.J. |
Year: | 1977 |
Periodical: | African Studies |
Volume: | 36 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 119-129 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Swaziland - Eswatini |
Subjects: | social structure customary law family law Women's Issues Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00020187708707494 |
Abstract: | This account is limited to a consideration of the formal rules of marriage and the extent to which they promote and maintain differences of rank and wealth in Swazi society. The research was conducted in the Ekuhlamkeni and Ngcina communities, Lobomba district, Swaziland. Sections: Introduction - Some relevant aspects of Swazi society - Marriage and the position of the chief wife in the transmission of property and status - Marriages devised for enonomic or political advantage - Bridewealth (Lobolo) - Cross-cousin marriage: the political and economic implications of alliances - Conclusion. Bibliogr., notes. |