Matrilineal Ideology: Male-Female Dynamics in Luapula, Zambia (Studies in Anthropology)

Title......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Preface......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Introduction......Page 11 Kinship, elementary relations, and male-female interaction......Page 12 Kinship versus descent......Page 15 Kinship as ideology......Page 17 Double single sex, single double sex, double dual sex system......Page 19 Matriliny as political economy......Page 20 Luapula social organization......Page 22 Matriliny and the industrial-market context: Some implications......Page 25 Sexual interaction patterns......Page 27 Prospectus......Page 33 Introduction......Page 35 Theoretical neglect of women......Page 36 Upholders of universal male dominance......Page 38 Rejecters of universal male dominance......Page 39 Critique of the male supremacy complex......Page 44 Residence and authority: fragmentation and misclassification......Page 47 Polygyny and polyandry: misclassification, reproduction, and dominance......Page 50 The dangers of dualism capitalism: socialism :: dionysian : apollonian :: patriliny : matriliny :: man : woman......Page 53 Distinctions between matriliny and patriliny......Page 55 Introduction......Page 62 Matrilineal ideology and the problem of universal male control......Page 65 Cultural system and normative structure: Cultural underpinnings of formal characteristics......Page 68 Family, kin terms, names, titles: from kinship ideology to ethnopolitical theory......Page 74 Male and female sexuality: the replications of the relations of production......Page 76 Fear of sexual monopoly: the threat to the replication of the relations of production......Page 77 Contrasts between matriliny and patriliny......Page 83 Contrasts between matriliny and capitalism......Page 86 Luapula as a region......Page 88 The process of economic group differentiation......Page 89 Differential persistence of matriliny......Page 92 Investment......Page 94 Wealthy women: economic group I......Page 95 Prosperous women: economic group II......Page 97 Less prosperous women: economic group III......Page 98 Wealthy men: Economic group I......Page 100 Small capitalists: economic group II......Page 102 Occasional fishermen and "odd job" workers: economic groups III and IV......Page 103 Conclusion......Page 105 Introduction......Page 109 Women, lineage, clan and politics: "our women are out of our control"......Page 112 The role of women in matters of descent and politics......Page 115 Women and independence: to be is to resist......Page 116 Active resistence versus reticence......Page 118 Election fever and political horseplay between the sexes......Page 120 The parent-teachers association: Nchelenge Secondary School......Page 124 Conclusion......Page 126 Dichotomies and the sexes......Page 128 Matriliny and the sexes......Page 129 Luapula, the market-industrial complex, and the sexes......Page 130 Notes......Page 132 References......Page 136 Index......Page 145