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婚姻是由一男一女组成的两个家庭之间的神圣结合。所有社会都有规范婚姻的方式,当一个男人在一个家庭中结婚时,他被称为姻亲。因此,姻亲关系是一种通过婚姻建立的关系。特别是对于喀麦隆的贝蒂人来说,要想成为姻亲,男子必须履行一些责任,其中包括为他想娶的女子的家庭提供信封和食物。一旦这些都完成了,他就成了姻亲。购买土地在大多数文化(并非所有文化)中都非常重要,但贝蒂人的特殊性在于,当一名男子在贝蒂人居住的地方购买土地时,他就被视为姻亲并受到同等对待。本文试图回答一个重要问题:在喀麦隆的贝蒂人中,妇女和土地之间是什么关系?为了确定这两者(妇女和土地)之间的关系,本文的目标是:了解贝蒂人如何看待妇女和土地;他们对这两者的重视程度及其象征意义。本文采用定性方法收集数据,并根据 Geertz 的象征人类学理论以及 Malinowski 和 Brown 的功能主义理论进行分析和解释。主要研究结果表明,妇女像土地一样是财富、生产资料、凝聚家庭的要素等等。
Man and land: The marriage between a man, a woman and land among the Beti of Cameroon
Marriage is a sacred union between two families brought together by a man and a woman. All societies have a way of regulating marriage and when a man gets married in a family he is referred to as an in-law. Therefore in-law is a relationship which is established through marriage. To the Beti of Cameroon in particular to be considered as an in-law, a man has certain responsibilities to fulfil among which are the provision of an envelope and food to the family of the woman he wants to marry. Once these are done, he becomes an in-law. The purchase of land among most in not all cultures is very important but the peculiarity among the Beti is that when a man buys land in a Beti locality, he is regarded and treated as an in-law. This article seeks to answer one major question: what is the relationship between a woman and land among the Beti of Cameroon? To establish a relationship between these two (a woman and land), the objectives of this article are to; understand how the Beti people perceive a woman and land; the importance they attach to them and their symbolism. Data for this paper was collected using the qualitative method and the analysis and interpretations are based on the theories of symbolic anthropology of Geertz and functionalism of Malinowski and Brown. Major findings reveal that a woman like land serve as riches, means of production, an element which unites families and many more.