A Wife Among Wives
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1983.2.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: MacDougall, David
label: Collection Creator
content: MacDougall, Judith
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content: David and Judith MacDougall films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (color sound; 2562 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film from the 1974 film project about the semi-nomadic Turkana pastoralists living in northwestern Kenya. The film explores how the Turkana, especially Turkana women, view marriage. The testimony of three sisters is presented followed by the unfolding plans for a marriage in a neighboring homestead. In the course of these plans an insider's view is communicated about why a woman would want her husband to take a second wife and how the system of polygymy can be a source of solidarity among women and at the same time result in a disregard for the feelings of individuals. Includes sound recordings, transcriptions and translations.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Marriage and family ; Marriage customs and rites ; Polygyny