Between 'forced marriage' and 'free choice
Social transformations and perceptions of gender and sexuality among the Balanta in Guinea-Bissau
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2103400 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M P Temudo (0000-0002-8254-4233, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0001972018000670 |
| OpenAlex | W2924140638 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 32 |
African women are frequently portrayed as a subaltern group in need of external support, used as property in forging social relations, producing wealth in people and doing most of the agricultural work to feed household members in societies where 'modernization' does not always seem to change their unfortunate predicament. This article destabilizes such narratives by showing the complexities of marriage practices and the difficult dialectics between freedom and subjugation in one West African agrarian society - the Brasa-speaking people of Guinea-Bissau. Among this patrilineal and virilocal group, marriage was usually arranged at birth or when girls were still small children. However, after marriage, women enjoyed great freedom of movement to have distant sexual partners and to pursue private profit-making activities. Paradoxically, while at present most young women are allowed to marry a young husband of their choice, having lost the support of their descent groups they are becoming more subjected to their husbands' power and control
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Between 'forced marriage' and 'free choice
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |