"The man comes to marry the woman": Exploring adolescent boys' gendered expectations for bridewealth and marriage among the akwapim of Southern Ghana

dc.contributor.author	Frost, A.E.
dc.contributor.author	Dodoo, F.N.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-04-24T13:12:34Z
dc.date.available	2019-04-24T13:12:34Z
dc.date.issued	2010-02
dc.description.abstract	A qualitative analysis of 28 in-depth interviews with adolescent boys aged between 12 and 15 years in the Akwapim highlands of Ghana reveals that the traditional practice of bridewealth exchange-called the customary rites among the Akwapim-fuels adolescent boys' expectations of increased male authority in marriage. Although the available literature on bridewealth argues that the traditional marriage practice of bridewealth exchange in sub-Saharan Africa gives men rights over women's sexual and reproductive capacities, as well as their household labor (Fortes, 1962), the findings of this article suggest that bridewealth payments influence not only these areas but male expectations for broader control over, and obedience from, their wives. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.	en_US
dc.identifier.other	https://doi.org/10.1080/01494921003648563
dc.identifier.other	Vol. 46(1-2):pp 41-59
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/29520
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Marriage and Family Review	en_US
dc.subject	Adolescence	en_US
dc.subject	Bridewealth	en_US
dc.subject	Ghana	en_US
dc.subject	Marriage	en_US
dc.subject	Youth	en_US
dc.title	"The man comes to marry the woman": Exploring adolescent boys' gendered expectations for bridewealth and marriage among the akwapim of Southern Ghana	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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