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Maria G. Cattell

h-index: 14
Works: 33
Citations: 810

Most-cited papers

Iron, Gender, and Power: Rituals of Transformation in African Societies
Maria G. Cattell, Eugenia W. Herbert
1994212 citations
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Social memory and history : anthropological perspectives
J. Climo, Maria G. Cattell
2002156 citations
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Changing Family Life in East Africa: Women and Children at Risk
Maria G. Cattell, Philip L. Kilbride, Janet C. Kilbride
1991African Studies Review63 citations
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Old Age in Global Perspective: Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Views
S. Albert, Maria G. Cattell
199362 citations
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Models of old age among the Samia of Kenya: Family support of the elderly
Maria G. Cattell
1990Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology57 citations
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“Nowadays it isn't easy to advise the young”: Grandmothers and granddaughters among Abaluyia of Kenya
Maria G. Cattell
1994Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology30 citations
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Caring for the elderly in Sub-Saharan Africa
Maria G. Cattell
199330 citations
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African Widows: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives
Maria G. Cattell
2003Journal of Women & Aging26 citations
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Gender, aging and power in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and puzzles
M. Udvardy, Maria G. Cattell
1992Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology26 citations
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Those Who Play with Fire: Gender, Fertility and Transformation in East and Southern Africa@@@When Men Are Women: Manhood among Gabra Nomads of East Africa
Maria G. Cattell, H. Moore, Todd Sander, Bwire Kaare +1 more
2001African Studies Review24 citations
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Knowledge and social change in Samia, Western Kenya
Maria G. Cattell
1989Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology24 citations
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Praise the lord and say no to men: Older women empowering themselves in Samia, Kenya
Maria G. Cattell
1992Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology23 citations
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Ubuntu, African elderly and the African family crisis
Maria G. Cattell
199716 citations Open access
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Aging and Social Change Among Abaluyia in Western Kenya: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives
Maria G. Cattell
2008Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology15 citations
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Zulu grandmothers’ socialization of granddaughters
Maria G. Cattell
199712 citations Open access
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Old age in rural Kenya: gender, the life course and social change.
Maria G. Cattell
198912 citations
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Gerontology Education and Research in Kenya
S. King, M. Gachuhi, G. Ice, Maria G. Cattell +1 more
2005Gerontology & Geriatrics Education7 citations
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Does marital status matter? Support, personal autonomy and economic power among Abaluyia widows in Kenya
Maria G. Cattell
19965 citations Open access
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Intergenerational relations among the Samia of Kenya: culture and experience
Maria G. Cattell
19944 citations Open access
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Being comparative: Methodological issues in cross-cultural gerontology
Maria G. Cattell
1989Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology3 citations
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Holding Up the Sky: Gender, Age and Work among the Abaluyia of Kenya
Maria G. Cattell
20172 citations
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Gender, ageing and empowerment: issues in contemporary African gerontology
Maria G. Cattell
19961 citations Open access
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Gender, Aging and Power in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Puzzles
Mary Robbins, M. Udvardy, Maria G. Cattell
19941 citations
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Gender and old age among the Samia of Kenya
Maria G. Cattell
19941 citations Open access
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Aging in Kenya: Older Kenyans in the Twenty-First Century
Maria G. Cattell
2021Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science0 citations
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Book Review: Cross-cultural Perspective on Personhood and the Life Course
Maria G. Cattell
2020Anthropology & Aging0 citations Open access
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Review: Growing Old in Cameroon: Gender, Vulnerability, and Social Capital. Charles Che Fonchingong.
Maria G. Cattell
20160 citations Open access
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New Publications 2010
Maria G. Cattell
20100 citations Open access
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Women in anthropology : autobiographical narratives and social history
Maria G. Cattell, Marjorie M. Schweitzer
20060 citations
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Grains from Grass: Aging, Gender, and Famine in Rural Africa (review)
Maria G. Cattell
20060 citations
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Cliggett Lisa. Grains from Grass: Aging, Gender, and Famine in Rural Africa . Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2005. xvii + 193 pp. Photographs. Maps. Figures. Tables. Notes. References. Index. $19.95. Paper.
Maria G. Cattell
2006African Studies Review0 citations
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New Members, New Lifetime Members, and Contributors to the Endowment
Chris Abani, I. Diakite, Jean-Herve, Amani +162 more
2003ASA News0 citations
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Gender and Social Structure in Madagascar
Maria G. Cattell, R. Huntington
1989African Studies Review0 citations Open access
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