Fathering, mothering and making sense ofntamoba
Reflections on the economy of child-rearing in colonial Asante
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 2512349 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jean Allman (0000-0003-3410-4839, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1997 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 296-321 |
| Data de publicação | 1997-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1161446 |
| OpenAlex | W2125656451 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 20 |
| Referências citadas | 36 |
This article explores the changing dynamics of child-rearing in Asante (Ghana) through the problematic concept ofntamoba. In the historical record, and in popular memory,ntamobahas survived in a number of forms-as a marriage payment, as a rite connected with birthing and naming and as an indemnification paid to a father by a child's matrikin to signify the termination of a father's rights in that child. This article seeks to historicise and explain the multiplicity of meanings and the eventual disappearance ofntamobaby examining the ways in which a father's rights of use in his children were transformed into rights of ownership. It foregrounds time and social place/status as key variables in its investigation, demonstrating how the disappearance ofntamobawas connected with the conflation of subordinate social categories in twentieth-century Asante
Colonialism · Conflation · Epistemology · Political science · Rite · Rite of passage · Sociology · African history and culture studies · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law
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| Obras citantes distintas | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 0,69 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1997 - 2025 (29) |
| Velocidade de citação | recent |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 20 |