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Turkana conversations. 2, A wife among wives : notes on a Turkana marriage
Title
Turkana conversations. 2, A wife among wives : notes on a Turkana marriage / by David MacDougall and Judith MacDougall.
Publication
Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media, 1982.
Physical Description
1 online resource (70 minutes)
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Notes
Title from resource description page (viewed July 07, 2016).
In Turkana and English.
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Summary
This, the third and final film in renowned ethnographic filmmakers David and Judith MacDougall's classic Turkana Conversations Trilogy, investigates the views of the Turkana, and especially Turkana women, on marriage and polygyny. As the plans for a marriage in a nearby homestead unfold, the film explores why a Turkana woman would want her husband to take a second (or third) wife, and how the system of polygyny can be a source of solidarity among women while at the same time it may brutally disregard individual feelings.The Turkana women are well aware of the contradictory problems associated with individual liberty and communal survival. The film admirably demonstrates how Turkana culture -- and, by extension, human culture -- is a living thing, shaped by the people who carry it. In Turkana, with English subtitles.
Variant and related titles
Turkana conversations 3
Ethnographic video online. Volume 4.
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Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 18, 2017
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Documentary films.
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