House, fire, gender
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4748201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Straight (0000-0002-1387-5514, Western Michigan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-61 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Material Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1743-2200 • E-ISSN: 1751-8342 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/174322007780095645 |
| OpenAlex | W1997536469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
In this article I examine the Samburu house (pastoralists, northern Kenya) and its fire as the sacred locus of right moral practices—as feminine objects consecrated through proper use. I begin by way of counter-example, however, describing the moral entailments of a particular event, a woman's house that caught fire in contentious circumstances. Following this elucidation of houses made sacred or desecrated through use, I will conclude with a discussion of the Samburu house in relation to Samburu understandings of “modernity.” Here, I will point out the re-gendering of the Samburu house in the wake of an intriguing trend—the accelerating proliferation of the “modern” house that has frequently become a man's house in a society for which the house has long been a quintessentially feminine space
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |