1 - “It’s not Normal But It’s Common”: Elopement, Marriage and the Mediated Recognition of Youth Identity in Harare, Zimbabwe
Corresponding Author(s) : Jeremy Jones
CODESRIA Bulletin,
No. 03-04 (2009): CODESRIA Bulletin, Nos 3 & 4, 2009
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- Amadiume, I., 1997, Reinventing Africa: Matriarchy, Religion, Culture, London: Zed Books.
- Bakare-Yusuf, B., 2004, ‘“Yorubas Don’t Do Gender”: A Critical Review of Oyeronke Oyewumi’s The Invention of Women: Making Sense of Western Gender Discourses’, in S. Arnfred et al, eds.,African Gender Scholarship: Concepts, Methodologies and Paradigms, Dakar: CODESRIA.
- Barnes, T., 1999, “We Women Worked So Hard”: Gender, Urbanization and Social Reproduction in Colonial Harare, Zimbabwe, 1930-1956, Oxford: James Currey.
- Bayart, J.F., 1993, The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly, New York: Longman.
- Bauman, R., and Briggs, C.L., 2000, ‘Language Philosophy as Language Ideology: John Locke and Johann Gottfried Herder, in P. Kroskrity, ed., Regimes of Langauge: Ideologies, Polities, and Identities, Oxford: James Currey.
- Biaya, T., 2005, ‘Youth and Street Culture in Urban Africa: Addis Ababa, Dakar, and Kinshasa’, in A. Honwana and F. de Boeck, eds., Makers and Breakers, Made and Broken: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa, Dakar: CODESRIA.
- Bloch, M. and Parry, J., 1989, ‘Introduction: Money and the Morality of Exchange’, in M. Bloch and J. Parry eds., Money and the Morality of Exchange, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Bourdieu, P., 1977, Outline of a Theory of Practice, New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Bourdillon, M.F.C., 1987, The Shona Peoples : an Ethnography of the Contemporary Shona, with Special Reference to their Religion, Gweru[Zimbabwe]: Mambo Books.
- Chabal, P., and Daloz, J.P., 1999, Africa Works: Disorder as a Political Instrument, Oxford: James Currey.
- Chanock, M., 1985, Law, Custom and Social Order : The Colonial Experience in Malawi and Zambia, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Cole, J. and Durham, D., eds., 2007, Generations and Globalization: Youth, Age and Family in the New World Economy, Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
- Cole, J. and Thomas, L., eds., 2009, Love in Africa, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Collier, J. F. and Yanagisako, S.J., eds., 1987, Gender and Kinship: Essays Toward a Unified Analysis, Stanford: Stanford University Press.
- Comaroff, J. L., 1980, ‘Bridewealth and the Control of Ambiguity in a Tswana Chiefdom’, in J. L. Comaroff, ed., The Meaning of Mar- riage Payments; New York: Academic Press.
- Comaroff, J. L., 1987, ‘Sui Genderis: Feminism, Kinship Theory and Structural “Domains”’, in J. F. Collier and S.J. Yanagisako, eds.,
- Gender and Kinship: Essays toward a Unified Analysis, Stanford: Stanford University Press.
- Comaroff, J. L. and Comaroff, J., 1991, Of Revelation and Revolution Vol. I, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Comaroff, J. L. and Comaroff, J.,2005, ‘Reflections on Youth, from the Past to the Postcolony’, in A. Honwana and F. de Boeck, eds., Makers and Breakers: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa, Dakar: CODESRIA.
- Cruise O’Brien, D., 1996, ‘A Lost Generation? Youth Identity and State Decay in West Africa’, in R. Werbner and T. Ranger, eds., Postcolonial Identities in Africa, London: Zed, pp. 55-74.
- Diouf, M., 2003, ‘Engaging Postcolonial Cultures: African Youth and Public Space’, African Studies Review, 46(2), pp. 1-12.
- Durham, D., 2000, ‘Youth and the Social Imag- ination in Africa: Introduction’, Anthropological Quarterly 73 (3): pp.113-20.
- Durham, D., 2004, ‘Disappearing Youth: Youth as a Social Shifter in Botswana’, American Ethnologist 31 (4), pp.589-605.
- Durkheim, E., 1912, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, New York: Free Press.
- Durkheim, E., 1933, Division of Labor in Society, New York: Macmillan.
- Evans-Pritchard, E. E., 1940, The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People, Oxford: Clarendon.
- Ferguson, J., 1999, Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt, Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Fortes, M., 1969, Kinship and the Social Order: the Legacy of Lewis Henry Morgan, Chicago: Aldine.
- Fortes, M., 1970, Time and Social Structure: And Other Essays, London: Athlone Press of the University of London.
- Fortes, M. and Evans-Pritchard, E. E., 1940, African Political Systems, London: Oxford University Press.
- Gelfand, M., 1965, African Background: The Traditional Culture of the Shona-Speaking People, Cape Town: Juta.
- Goffman, E., 1983, ‘The Interaction Order: American Sociological Association 1982 Presidential Address’, American Sociological Review, 48(1), pp. 1-17.
- Gutmann, M., 1996, The Meanings of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico City, Berkeley: University of California Press.
References
Amadiume, I., 1997, Reinventing Africa: Matriarchy, Religion, Culture, London: Zed Books.
Bakare-Yusuf, B., 2004, ‘“Yorubas Don’t Do Gender”: A Critical Review of Oyeronke Oyewumi’s The Invention of Women: Making Sense of Western Gender Discourses’, in S. Arnfred et al, eds.,African Gender Scholarship: Concepts, Methodologies and Paradigms, Dakar: CODESRIA.
Barnes, T., 1999, “We Women Worked So Hard”: Gender, Urbanization and Social Reproduction in Colonial Harare, Zimbabwe, 1930-1956, Oxford: James Currey.
Bayart, J.F., 1993, The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly, New York: Longman.
Bauman, R., and Briggs, C.L., 2000, ‘Language Philosophy as Language Ideology: John Locke and Johann Gottfried Herder, in P. Kroskrity, ed., Regimes of Langauge: Ideologies, Polities, and Identities, Oxford: James Currey.
Biaya, T., 2005, ‘Youth and Street Culture in Urban Africa: Addis Ababa, Dakar, and Kinshasa’, in A. Honwana and F. de Boeck, eds., Makers and Breakers, Made and Broken: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa, Dakar: CODESRIA.
Bloch, M. and Parry, J., 1989, ‘Introduction: Money and the Morality of Exchange’, in M. Bloch and J. Parry eds., Money and the Morality of Exchange, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bourdieu, P., 1977, Outline of a Theory of Practice, New York: Cambridge University Press.
Bourdillon, M.F.C., 1987, The Shona Peoples : an Ethnography of the Contemporary Shona, with Special Reference to their Religion, Gweru[Zimbabwe]: Mambo Books.
Chabal, P., and Daloz, J.P., 1999, Africa Works: Disorder as a Political Instrument, Oxford: James Currey.
Chanock, M., 1985, Law, Custom and Social Order : The Colonial Experience in Malawi and Zambia, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Cole, J. and Durham, D., eds., 2007, Generations and Globalization: Youth, Age and Family in the New World Economy, Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Cole, J. and Thomas, L., eds., 2009, Love in Africa, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Collier, J. F. and Yanagisako, S.J., eds., 1987, Gender and Kinship: Essays Toward a Unified Analysis, Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Comaroff, J. L., 1980, ‘Bridewealth and the Control of Ambiguity in a Tswana Chiefdom’, in J. L. Comaroff, ed., The Meaning of Mar- riage Payments; New York: Academic Press.
Comaroff, J. L., 1987, ‘Sui Genderis: Feminism, Kinship Theory and Structural “Domains”’, in J. F. Collier and S.J. Yanagisako, eds.,
Gender and Kinship: Essays toward a Unified Analysis, Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Comaroff, J. L. and Comaroff, J., 1991, Of Revelation and Revolution Vol. I, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Comaroff, J. L. and Comaroff, J.,2005, ‘Reflections on Youth, from the Past to the Postcolony’, in A. Honwana and F. de Boeck, eds., Makers and Breakers: Children and Youth in Postcolonial Africa, Dakar: CODESRIA.
Cruise O’Brien, D., 1996, ‘A Lost Generation? Youth Identity and State Decay in West Africa’, in R. Werbner and T. Ranger, eds., Postcolonial Identities in Africa, London: Zed, pp. 55-74.
Diouf, M., 2003, ‘Engaging Postcolonial Cultures: African Youth and Public Space’, African Studies Review, 46(2), pp. 1-12.
Durham, D., 2000, ‘Youth and the Social Imag- ination in Africa: Introduction’, Anthropological Quarterly 73 (3): pp.113-20.
Durham, D., 2004, ‘Disappearing Youth: Youth as a Social Shifter in Botswana’, American Ethnologist 31 (4), pp.589-605.
Durkheim, E., 1912, The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life, New York: Free Press.
Durkheim, E., 1933, Division of Labor in Society, New York: Macmillan.
Evans-Pritchard, E. E., 1940, The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People, Oxford: Clarendon.
Ferguson, J., 1999, Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt, Berkeley: University of California Press.
Fortes, M., 1969, Kinship and the Social Order: the Legacy of Lewis Henry Morgan, Chicago: Aldine.
Fortes, M., 1970, Time and Social Structure: And Other Essays, London: Athlone Press of the University of London.
Fortes, M. and Evans-Pritchard, E. E., 1940, African Political Systems, London: Oxford University Press.
Gelfand, M., 1965, African Background: The Traditional Culture of the Shona-Speaking People, Cape Town: Juta.
Goffman, E., 1983, ‘The Interaction Order: American Sociological Association 1982 Presidential Address’, American Sociological Review, 48(1), pp. 1-17.
Gutmann, M., 1996, The Meanings of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico City, Berkeley: University of California Press.