gwd-29-q4

In a 1984 book, Claire C.
                        

       Robertson argued that,

       before colonialism, age was

Line       a more important indicator

  (5)      of status and authority than

gender in Ghana and in

Africa generally.  British

colonialism imposed

European-style male-

 (10)      dominant notions upon

more egalitarian local

situations to the detriment

of women generally, and

gender became a defining

 (15)      characteristic that weak-

ened women’s power and

authority.

      Subsequent research in

Kenya convinced Robertson

 (20)      that she had overgeneralized

       about Africa.  Before colo-

       nialism, gender was more

salient in central Kenya than

it was in Ghana, although age

 (25)      was still crucial in determin-

ing authority.  In contrast with

Ghana, where women had

traded for hundreds of years

and achieved legal majority

 (30)      (not unrelated phenomena),

the evidence regarding

central Kenya indicated that

       women were legal minors

and were sometimes treated

 (35)
                       as male property, as were

European women at that

time.  Factors like strong

patrilinearity and patrilocality,

      as well as women’s inferior

 (40)     land rights and lesser

involvement in trade, made

women more dependent on

men than was generally the

case in Ghana.  However,

 (45)      since age apparently

remained the overriding

principle of social organiza-

tion in central Kenya, some

senior women had much

 (50)      authority.  Thus, Robertson

revised her hypothesis

somewhat, arguing that

in determining authority in

precolonial Africa age was a

 (55)      primary principle that super-

seded gender to varying

degrees depending on the

situation.

7. GWD29-Q4:

The passage indicates that Robertson’s research in Kenya caused her to change her mind regarding which of the following?    

A.    Whether age was the prevailing principle of social organization in Kenya before colonialism

B.    Whether gender was the primary determinant of social authority in Africa generally before colonialism

C.    Whether it was only after colonialism that gender became a significant determinant of authority in Kenyan society

D.    Whether age was a crucial factor determining authority in Africa after colonialism

E.     Whether British colonialism imposed European-style male-dominant notions upon local situations in Ghana

answer: C

不理解, 请NN解释..   还有,文章最后一句到底要表达什么?   跟刚开始的观点有什么区别?

最后一句的观点比文章最初的观点多了个 depending on the situation，也应证R把非洲overgeneralized了。既然要depending on the situation那么B,D都不对了；另外A，E也不对。

但是c为什么对 我也不是特别理解

open to discussion

望nn解释

 (20)      that she had overgeneralized 

       about Africa. 

这是这段的主题句，定位答案在这之后