| Abstract: | The Beng, a Southern Mande group, live in the eastcentral portion of Ivory Coast. The dissertation focuses on aspects of their religion and social structure as they relate to gender, analysed from perspectives derived from symbolic anthropology. It is proposed that there is no single principle which characterizes Beng society; rather, two opposed principles, termed 'separation' and 'identity', are taken as a set which, together, operate behind much of Beng society. An introductory chapter is followed by a chapter on Beng religion. Chapter three focuses on the double descent system; chapter four explores the arranged marriage system; and the last chapter recapitulates the foregoing and discusses the nature of male and female in Beng society. |
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