Q6-Q9 GWD-29-Q3-Q6
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 inAfrica 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. 9. GWD29-Q6: The author of the passage mentions the status of age as a principle of social organization in precolonial central Kenya in lines 24-26 most likely in order to
A indicate that women’s dependence on men in precolonial Kenya was not absolute B contrast the situation of senior women to that of less senior women in precolonial Kenyan society C differentiate between the status and authority of precolonial Kenyan women and that of precolonial Ghanaian women D explain why age superseded gender to a greater extent in precolonial Kenya than it did elsewhere in Africa
E identify a factor that led Robertson to revise her hypothesis about precolonial Africa
覺得E不太合適啊 A爲什麽不可以？ | 
