Continuity in change - Cottica Djuka society as a changing system

[...]polygyny among comparatively young men is not rare: of the 39 married males below age 30, seven are married polygynously as against 13 of the 36 above age 30.3 Such a development, from polygyny occurring only at advanced age to polygyny at a lower age level, would be interesting enough. [...]th...

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Published in:Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde land- en volkenkunde, 1968, Vol.124 (1), p.56-90
Main Author: Köbben, A. J. F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acculturation
Anthropology
Christianity
Cities
Civilization
Creoles
Culture
Deities
Field study
Funerals
Males
Plantations
Police
Priests
Society
Timber
Villages
Witchcraft
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Summary:[...]polygyny among comparatively young men is not rare: of the 39 married males below age 30, seven are married polygynously as against 13 of the 36 above age 30.3 Such a development, from polygyny occurring only at advanced age to polygyny at a lower age level, would be interesting enough. [...]th]e son is fined one bottle of liquor, and a notable, in order to counteract any possible negative consequences, offers an elaborate libation with which the others chime in in chorus: "We pray, Gods, to give the boy life, don't let cold death kill him, but grant him forgiveness!" 12 o'clock: [...]besides the pull of the city, the push out of the village can play a role: some leave the village after a serious breach of conduct, such as sexual intercourse with a woman of a forbidden category. According to them a modern (Western) mentality exists in a society where the average citizen no longer believes that he is born in poverty, lives in poverty, and will die in poverty, but believes that he may improve his conditioni through personal effort.
ISSN:0006-2294
2213-4379
0006-2294
DOI:10.1163/22134379-90002884