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