Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Keywords:
Mende (African people)
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Mende (African people)--Social conditions
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Mende (African people)--Economic conditions
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Women, Mende--Social conditions
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Rain forest conservation--Sierra Leone
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Forest reserves--Sierra Leone
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Rain forest ecology--Sierra Leone
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Sex role--Sierra Leone
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Women in rural development--Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone--Social conditions
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Mende
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Mende
Abstract:
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
Note:
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
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