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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Albert, Ethel M.
Title:
Women of Burundi: a study of social values
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Women of tropical Africa, edited by Denise Palume
Published By: Original publisher
Women of tropical Africa, edited by Denise Palume
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1963. 179-215 p., 4
plates
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Ethel M. Albert
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2010. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Barundi (FO58)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Gender status (562);
Castes (564);
Ethics (577);
Political intrigue (662);
Poverty (735);
Classes (565);
Territorial hierarchy (631);
Chief executive (643);
Lineages (613);
Regulation of marriage (582);
Status, role, and prestige (554);
Family relationships (593);
Ingroup antagonisms (578);
Polygamy (595);
Eating (264);
Division of labor by gender (462);
Gift giving (431);
Sanctions (681);
(818);
Social relationships and groups (571);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Using as the central core of her study the Rundi ideals of
the acquisition of political power and authority, wealth (in the form of cows, land,
material goods, money, and the things it can purchase), respect and love from one's
dependents, and elegance of appearance, manners and material possessions, the author
attempts to show how a woman in Rundi society, despite her low social status, may achieve
these goals through careful manipulation of her 'environment,' providing that she starts
with a common denominator of relatively high caste position, intelligence and just plain
luck. The author, a professional anthropologist, also presents a detailed study of the
various social roles played in the society by a woman as mother, wife, co-wife (in a
polygynous union), mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and unmarried girl. Caste differences in
status are also clearly indicated here. The author did her field work for this study under
a Fellowship grant from the Ford Foundation, African Program, between March 1956 and July
1957.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
4
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
fo58-004
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Footnotes appearing in the text will be found in
category 116, pp. 214-215. Data on the disciplining of inferiors by superiors has been
placed in category 681.
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1956-1957
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Ethnologist-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
John Beierle ; 1965
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1956-1963
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Burundi
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Rundi (African people)
