GWD29 Q5求教

honeybee316

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her hypothesis somewhat, arguing that in determining authority in precolonial Africa age was a primary principle that superseded gender to varying degrees depending on the situation.

The passage suggests that after conducting the research mentioned in line 18, but not before, Robertson would have agreed with which of the following about women’s status and authority in Ghana?

A.Greater land rights and greater involvement in trade made women in precolonial Ghana

less dependent on men than were European women at that time.

B.Colonialism had a greater impact on the status and authority of Ghanaian women than on Kenyan women.

C.Colonialism had less of an impact on the status and authority of Ghanaian women that it had on the status and authority of other African women.

D.The relative independence of Ghanaian women prior to colonialism was unique in Africa.

答案B 我选的A   因为原文中说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  取非就是说加纳的女人更独立更有土地权 而原文中红色句子前又说肯尼亚女人和欧洲女人类似，所以我我选的A 也就是加纳女人更独立更有权

求指教~~~

laughaholiker

个人认为第一问的关键在于but not before，就是这个research改变了Robertson之前的那个观点。对比一下，R之前的观点是before colonialism, age was a more important indicator of status and authority than gender in Ghana and in Africa generally意思就是说在殖民之前，G和整个非洲都是以年龄评比社会地位的，言外之意就是整个非洲女性的社会地位要高于欧洲的，因为欧洲是以性别评比社会地位。的。而G作为非洲的一个地方，自然女性的社会地位要高于欧洲女性的。
虽然在第二段中，我们可以通过一系列的取非或等量代换得到G女性的社会地位高于同时期欧洲女性的。但这一观点在research之前之后没有改变，不符合题意。

kaneroy

【GWD29-Q4问题】R在肯尼亚的研究中考虑到什么让他改变了看法？
选项C是考虑到的内容。选项B是改变了的看法。

FindNeverland

同问第一题！！ 难道是因为题干中有 women’s status and authority in Ghana， ？  因此就选B了？？

honeybee316

另外，还有一问
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

答案是C B为什么不对？第一段讲完了加纳 第二段第一句说Subsequent research in Kenya convinced Robertson that she had overgeneralized about Africa 不就是说开始探究gender是社会权威的决定因素在非洲是否适用吗。。。
谢谢解答~