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| Title: |
Social change and sexual mores: a comparison between pre-20th-century Norway and 20th-century Botswana |
| Author: |
Helle-Valle, Jo |
| Appeared in: |
History and anthropology |
| Paging: | Volume 14 (2003) nr. 4 pages 327-347 |
| Year: |
2003-12 |
| Contents: |
This article compares pre-20th-century Norway and 20th-century Botswana—two settings separated by time and space but sharing a sharp rise in non-nuptial births. The comparison seeks to create a synergetic analytical effect by combining firsthand, experience-near field data from Botswana with solid historical analyses of bastardy in Europe. This radical comparison provides a perspective that highlights the importance of treating “culture” not as a residual category, but as an integral part of everything social. This implies that there is a need not only for a proper sociocultural contextualization of localities, but also for an analysis of extra-local power structures as fundamentally cultural, reflecting not only bureaucratic and political concerns but also values and existential perspectives. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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