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In a 1984 book, Claire C, Robertson argued that, before colonialism, age was a more important indicator of status and authority than gender in Ghana and in Africa generally. British colonialism imposed European- style male dominant notions upon more egalitarian local situations to the detriment of women generally, and gender became a defining characteristic that weakened women’s power and authority.
Subsequent research in Kenya convinced Robertson that she had overgeneralized about Africa. Before colonialism, gender was more salient in central Kenya than it was in Ghana, although age was still crucial in determining authority. In contrast with Ghana, where women had traded for hundreds of years and achieved legal majority (not unrelated phenomena), the evidence regarding central Kenya indicated that women were legal minors and were sometimes treated as male property, as were European women at that time. Factors like strong patrilinearity and patrilocality, as well as women’s inferior land rights and lesser involvement in trade, made women more dependent on men than was generally the case in Ghana. However, since age apparently remained the overriding principle of social organization in central Kenya, some senior women had much authority. Thus, Robertson revised her hypothesis somewhat, arguing that in determining authority in precolonial Africa age was a primary principle that superseded gender to varying degrees depending on the situation.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
答案说是C,我选的是B
1.题目是不是要你找Robertson以前的观点？
2.也看过以前的讨论，还是想不通， Robertson以前的观点应该是第一段的，关于Africa的，第二段才用特例去反
驳了整体。GWD答案是C...说是限定了Kenyan中...小弟实在搞不懂，这不是Robertson的观点的，那应该是整体Africa的，怎么能用Kenyan来以偏概全呢？
我的定位：
1.第一段开头：Claire C, Robertson argued that, before colonialism, age was a more important indicator of status and authority than gender in Ghana and in Africa generally. 谈论age,gender孰轻孰重的问题
2.第二段开头：Subsequent research in Kenya convinced Robertson that she had overgeneralized about Africa.说明其观点是指Africa并非只是小范围的Kenyan
还有答案都是用whether，所以说age或者gender孰轻孰重说一个就好，比如whether age important和whether gender important差不多可以等同
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