Restricting the Public: The Problem of the Private in Somali Bantu groups

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2009-03-27

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Folklore and Ethnomusicology Student Associations at Indiana University; The Ohio State University Folklore Student Association

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For the Somali Bantu community settling at a public housing project in Columbus, Ohio, there is little evidence of privacy. Members of this group move in and out of each other’s homes with few boundaries. This paper considers one instance where such boundaries were drawn in an effort to illustrate that the dichotomy between public and private is not absolute; rather, it illustrates social hierarchies based on gender and age.

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"Public/Private", Ethnomusicology Student Association, Folklore Student Association, The Ohio State University, Indiana University, IU/OSU, Student Conference, 2009

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Grady, Sandra. "Restricting the Public: The Problem of the Private in Somali Bantu groups." Paper presented at "Public/Private," IU/OSU Student Conference, Mar. 27, 2009.

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