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Most ethnographic treatments of other cultures restrict the voice of their subjects; at most, description and analysis by the observer are accompanied by brief selective quotation. With a methodological openness that may be particularly appropriate to gender studies, anthropologist Judith Abwunza provides in this ethnography both the fruit of her research into the lives of Logoli women of Western Kenya and substantial transcripts giving the womens own description and analysis of their situation. The Avalogoli remain a strongly patriarchal society. Yet, as in many such societies elsewhere in Africa and indeed around the world, women have demonstrated a resilience under patriarchy that has resulted in their nominal power being far outweighed by their actual power. As Abwunza demonstrates, the economic survival of the Avalogoli is dependent not only on womens works but also on their decision-making. Through back-door decisions they have a surprising power to influence national as well as local events. Womens Voices, Womens Power offers no apologies for a system that remains disturbingly patriarchal. But it does attempt to face directly the complexities and paradoxes involvednot the least of which is that many of the women posture an adherence to patriarchy even as they describe the disproportionate burden it places upon them. And it seeks an understanding of the ways in which Logoli society is changing in the face of increasing capitalism and commodificationprocesses that the author argues may simultaneously empower and disempower women.

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title:Women's Voices, Women's Power : Dialogues of Resistance From East Africa
author:Abwunza, Judith M.
publisher:Broadview Press
isbn10 | asin:1551111322
print isbn13:9781551111322
ebook isbn13:9780585231600
language:English
subjectWomen, Logooli--Social conditions, Women, Logooli--Economic conditions, Patriarchy--Kenya--Western Province.
publication date:1997
lcc:DT433.545A38 1997eb
ddc:305.48/89
subject:Women, Logooli--Social conditions, Women, Logooli--Economic conditions, Patriarchy--Kenya--Western Province.
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Women's Voices, Women's Power
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Women's Voices, Women's Power
Dialogues of Resistance from East Africa
Judith M. Abwunza
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1997 Judith Abwunza Reprinted 1999
All rights reserved. The use of any part of this publication reproduced, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system, without prior written consent of the publisheror in the case of photocopying, a licence from cancopy (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency) 6 Adelaide Street East, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1H6is an infringement of the copyright law.
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Abwunza, Judith M. (Judith Mae), 1937
Women's voices, women's power: dialogues of resistance from East
Africa
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-55111-132-2
1. Women, Logooli - Social conditions. 2. Women, Logooli - Economic
conditions. I. Title.
DT433.545.L63A29 1997 305.48'896395 C97-930134-3
Broadview Press
Post Office Box 1243, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7H5
in the United States of America: 3576 California Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127
in the United Kingdom: B.R.A.D. Book Representation & Distribution Ltd., 244A, London Road, Hadleigh, Essex, SS7 2DE
Broadview Press gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Ministry of Canadian Heritage.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Map One: Kenya and Western Province
viii
Map Two: Maragoli
ix
Part I: Unearthing the Patriarchal World
Introduction to Part I
3
Picture 4
A Note on Language
7
Picture 5
Acknowledgements
8
Chapter One: Avalogoli
11
Picture 6
Geography and Description of Place
11
Picture 7
Migration and Settlement: Avalogoli History
15
Picture 8
Ethnicity
16
Picture 9
Economy
18
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Notes on Avalogoli Traditions and Beliefs
20
Chapter Two: Women's Power and Voice
25
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Patriarchy and Power
25
Picture 12
Women's Voices
34
Conclusion to Part I
37
Part II: Women's Work
Introduction to Part II
43
Chapter Three: "Home Work"
45
Picture 13
The Daily Routine
47
Picture 14
The Annual Cycle
49
Chapter Four: "Outside Work"
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