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Mende : FC07

Isaac, Barry L. ; Bledsoe, Caroline H. ; Aguwa, Jude C. U. ; Staub, Jules ; Little, Kenneth Lindsay ; Leach, Melissa ; Murphy, William P.

Human Relations Area Files, Inc

New Haven, Conn : Human Relations Area Files, Inc, 2010

Online-Ressource

Englisch

Culture Summary: Mende - Jude C. Aguwa - 2010 -- - Contributions to a knowledge of the material culture of the Mende in Sierra Leone - Staub - 1936 -- - The Mende of Sierra Leone - by K. L. Little - 1951 -- - Rainforest relations: gender and resource use among the Mende of Gola, Sierra Leone - Melissa Leach - 1994 -- - The politics of polygyny in Mende education and child fosterage transactions - Caroline Bledsoe - 1993 -- - Creating the appearance of consensus in Mende political discourse - William P. Murphy - 1990 -- - Why Mende became tree croppers - Barry L. Isaac - 1998 -- - School fees and the marriage process for Mende girls in Sierra Leone - Caroline Bledsoe - 1990

eHRAF World Cultures

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang beim Produzenten (Lizenzangabe: Nationallizenz)

LB 24527      Ähnliche Literatur

Forest reserves--Sierra Leone ; Mende (African people) ; Mende (African people)--Economic conditions ; Mende (African people)--Social conditions ; Rain forest conservation--Sierra Leone ; Rain forest ecology--Sierra Leone ; Sex role--Sierra Leone ; Sierra Leone--Social conditions ; Women in rural development--Sierra Leone ; Women, Mende--Social conditions

The Mende Collection covers cultural, economic and environmental information circa 1890s to 1990s. The most comprehensive source is by Kenneth Little, a British social anthropologist who did fieldwork among the Mende in 1945-1946. Topics include kinship and political organization, family life and organization of farming, puberty, initiation and secret societies. Also included is a 1936 Ph.D. dissertation by Jules Staub which describes Mende material culture. Melissa Leach discusses gender relations in Mende communities living around a state forest reserve. She focuses on differences in women's and men's experiences around the forest. Barry Isaac documents the gradual shift from subsistence rice cultivation to commercial cocoa, coffee and palm trees growing. The works of Caroline Bledsoe focus on dynamics of gender among polygamous Mende households. An article analyzes lineage meetings and in-group struggles to explore salient features of Mende political culture