THE SCORPION'S STING: YOUTH, MARRIAGE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL MATURITY IN NIGER

Through a focus on the problems associated with bridewealth and wedding expenses in Dogondoutchi, a predominantly Muslim town of some 38,000 Hausa speakers in rural Niger, I discuss the predicament of young Mawri men who, in the double pursuit of marriage and maturity, often struggle to satisfy cont...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 2005-03, Vol.11 (1), p.59-83
1. Verfasser:	Masquelier, Adeline
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adulthood. Marriage Anthropology Bride price Bridewealth Children & youth Cultural anthropology Economic aspects Educational aspects Ethnology Family. Family relations Fathers Identity Intergenerational relations Life cycle an individual status Marriage Marriage customs and rites Mawri Men Morality Muslims Niger Parents Sexuality Social aspects Social structure and social relations Weddings Wives Women Youth
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