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Title African families and the crisis of social change / edited by Thomas S. Weisner, Candice Bradley, and Philip L. Kilbride in collaboration with A.B.C. Ocholla-Ayayo, Joshua Akong'a, and Simiyu Wandibba
Published Westport, Conn. : Bergin & Garvey, 1997

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Description xxxii, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents Foreword / Beatrice Whiting and John Whiting -- Introduction: Crisis in the African Family / Candice Bradley and Thomas S. Weisner -- 1. Psychological and Institutional Defense Mechanisms in Times of Change / Joshua Akong'a -- 2. Support for Children and the African Family Crisis / Thomas S. Weisner -- 3. Morality and Change: Family Unity and Paternal Authority among Kipsigis and Abaluyia Elders and Students / Carolyn Pope Edwards -- 4. Gender, Status, and Values among Kikuyu and Appalachian Adolescents / Susan Abbott -- 5. HIV/AIDS Risks Factors and Changing Sexual Practices in Kenya / A. B. C. Ocholla-Ayayo -- 6. The Social and Cultural Contexts of Food Production in Uganda and Kenya / Michael A. Whyte -- 7. Malnutrition and Gender Relations in Western Kenya / Susan Reynolds Whyte and Priscilla Wanjiru Kariuki -- 8. The Discourse of Neglect: Family Support for the Elderly in Samia / Maria G. Cattell -- 9. Pronatalism and the Elderly in Tiriki, Kenya / Walter H. Sangree
10. Stigma, Role Overload, and Delocalization among Contemporary Kenyan Women / Philip L. Kilbride and Janet C. Kilbride -- 11. Why Fertility Is Going Down in Maragoli / Candice Bradley -- 12. Gender and Life-Course Strategies among the Gusii / N. Thomas Hakansson and Robert A. LeVine -- 13. Polygyny and Resource Allocation in the Lake Victoria Basin / Joseph W. Ssennyonga -- 14. Changing Women's Rights over Property in Western Kenya / Ruth Nasimiyu -- 15. Logoli Childhood and the Cultural Reproduction of Sex Differentiation / Robert L. Munroe and Ruth H. Munroe -- 16. Right Values and Good Fortune: Bukusu Responses to Ecological Opportunity / Jan J. de Wolf -- 17. Changing Roles in the Bukusu Family / Simiyu Wandibba -- 18. Modernization, Family Life, and Child Development in Kokwet / Charles M. Super and Sara Harkness
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Families -- Africa -- Congresses.
Intergenerational relations -- Africa -- Congresses.
Social change -- Africa -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Bradley, Candice.
Kilbride, Philip Leroy.
Weisner, Thomas S., 1943-
LC no. 96045346
ISBN 0897894731 (alk. paper)