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Title:Marriage and extra-marital sexuality: The dialectics of legal change among the Kgatla
Authors:Comaroff, John L.ISNI
Roberts, SimonISNI
Year:1977
Periodical:Journal of African Law
Volume:21
Issue:1
Pages:97-123
Language:English
Geographic term:Botswana
Subjects:Kgatla
sexuality
Abstract:Returning to an early study of Isaac Schapera on Tswana law, 'pre-marital pregnancy and native opinion', the A.'s explore the recent transformations which have characterized the perception and management of extra-marital sexuality among the Kgatla. Suggested is the that these transformations are the product of a wider process: namely, the spread of monogamy within a society organized in terms of the assumption of polygyny. Sections of this paper: Extra-marital sexuality in historical perspective - Extra-marital relationships in the modern contest - The logic of transformation - Conclusion. Notes; ref.
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