Dissertation Research: Gender Division of Labor in a Polygynous Society

论文研究：一夫多妻制社会中的性别分工

• 批准号: 9408655
• 负责人: G.William Skinner
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-15 至 1996-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9408655&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Gender; Division; Labor

9408655 Skinner This project involves the dissertation research of a cultural anthropology student from the University of California- Davis. The student will study polygynous marriages in Ghana in order to understand the division of labor in work and capital accumulation. The standard theory of polygyny accounts for it as due to resource accumulation of men, by controlling the labor power of several wives. This case study will show how polygyny works in a society where spouses are economically independent, and men can not appropriate women's labor. Using ethnographic methods and analysis of divorce cases, the student will try make an analytic model of polygyny that could be used cross-culturally to explain the existence of alternative forms of marriage in other areas of the world. This research is important because the understanding of how alternative marriage forms work in relation to the distribution of resources between men and women will help us understand how to design programs to strengthen the family and maintain it as the primary unit of socialization. This can have implications for divorce and childrearing as well as for the transmission of STDs.

9408655 Skinner 该项目涉及加州大学戴维斯分校文化人类学学生的论文研究。 学生将研究加纳的一夫多妻制婚姻，以了解工作分工和资本积累。 一夫多妻制的标准理论将其解释为男性通过控制几个妻子的劳动力来积累资源。 本案例研究将展示一夫多妻制如何在配偶经济独立且男性无法侵占女性劳动的社会中发挥作用。 使用民族志方法和离婚案例分析，学生将尝试建立一个一夫多妻制的分析模型，该模型可以跨文化地用来解释世界其他地区其他婚姻形式的存在。 这项研究很重要，因为了解另类婚姻形式如何与男女之间的资源分配相关，将有助于我们了解如何设计方案来加强家庭并维持其作为社会化的主要单位。 这可能会对离婚、育儿以及性传播疾病的传播产生影响。