Elizabeth G Mandeville
Biographic Data
| ID | 3604167 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth G Mandeville |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth G |
| FAMILY NAME | Mandeville |
| SIGNATURE | MANDEVILLE E G |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9461-9140 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Food, Sex, and Pollution
Give and Take
The Wola people of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea place unusual emphasis on the sovereignty of the individual.Their society places few constraints on its members; they have no government, no authoritative leaders, no formal judicial system.If to paraphrase Rousseau, man is born free but is everywhere in chains, Wola man is very lightly shackled.Order in Wola Society is based on the exchange of wealth, the effect of an elaborate exchange system…
Kamano Adoption
Highland Peoples of New Guinea
Agnation, Affinity and Migration Among the Kamano of the New Guinea Highlands
Poverty, Work and the Financing of Single Women in Kampala
Opening ParagraphThis paper examines the financial position of all-female households in a poor area of Kampala, Uganda. The intention is to indicate the relative standards of living of households of various composition and to decide whether the practice of soliciting money from lovers is better viewed as a preferred alternative to employment or as an essential supplementing of inadequate incomes. If lovers are necessary to the maintenance of sing…
Sexual pollution in the New Guinea Highlands
Like members of other societies in the New Guinea Highlands, the Kamano of the Eastern Highlands believe that a man's health can be seriously undermined by the polluting power of female sexuality and that, though not directly fatal, this power can permanently stunt the growth of a youth and so weaken an adult that he becomes vulnerable to the sorcery and arrows of an enemy. In expounding their views, men and women emphasise the impact of female s…
The Formality of Marriage
The prevalence in African towns of unformalized "marriages" and the range of contexts are indicated. The significance of free marriage in a predominantly Bantu urban area is examined by contrasting circumstances and marital roles of people who have undergone a wedding ceremony and people who have not. Financial and security considerations are shown to be unimportant to the formation and termination of marriages. Formally married couples are bette…
Poverty, Work and the Financing of Single Women in Kampala
Opening ParagraphThis paper examines the financial position of all-female households in a poor area of Kampala, Uganda. The intention is to indicate the relative standards of living of households of various composition and to decide whether the practice of soliciting money from lovers is better viewed as a preferred alternative to employment or as an essential supplementing of inadequate incomes. If lovers are necessary to the maintenance of sing…
Agnation, Affinity and Migration Among the Kamano of the New Guinea Highlands
The Formality of Marriage
The prevalence in African towns of unformalized "marriages" and the range of contexts are indicated. The significance of free marriage in a predominantly Bantu urban area is examined by contrasting circumstances and marital roles of people who have undergone a wedding ceremony and people who have not. Financial and security considerations are shown to be unimportant to the formation and termination of marriages. Formally married couples are bette…
Highland Peoples of New Guinea
Sexual pollution in the New Guinea Highlands
Like members of other societies in the New Guinea Highlands, the Kamano of the Eastern Highlands believe that a man's health can be seriously undermined by the polluting power of female sexuality and that, though not directly fatal, this power can permanently stunt the growth of a youth and so weaken an adult that he becomes vulnerable to the sorcery and arrows of an enemy. In expounding their views, men and women emphasise the impact of female s…
Kamano Adoption
The Formality of Marriage
The prevalence in African towns of unformalized "marriages" and the range of contexts are indicated. The significance of free marriage in a predominantly Bantu urban area is examined by contrasting circumstances and marital roles of people who have undergone a wedding ceremony and people who have not. Financial and security considerations are shown to be unimportant to the formation and termination of marriages. Formally married couples are bette…
Agnation, Affinity and Migration Among the Kamano of the New Guinea Highlands
Poverty, Work and the Financing of Single Women in Kampala
Opening ParagraphThis paper examines the financial position of all-female households in a poor area of Kampala, Uganda. The intention is to indicate the relative standards of living of households of various composition and to decide whether the practice of soliciting money from lovers is better viewed as a preferred alternative to employment or as an essential supplementing of inadequate incomes. If lovers are necessary to the maintenance of sing…
Sexual pollution in the New Guinea Highlands
Like members of other societies in the New Guinea Highlands, the Kamano of the Eastern Highlands believe that a man's health can be seriously undermined by the polluting power of female sexuality and that, though not directly fatal, this power can permanently stunt the growth of a youth and so weaken an adult that he becomes vulnerable to the sorcery and arrows of an enemy. In expounding their views, men and women emphasise the impact of female s…
Highland Peoples of New Guinea
Kamano Adoption
Give and Take
The Wola people of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea place unusual emphasis on the sovereignty of the individual.Their society places few constraints on its members; they have no government, no authoritative leaders, no formal judicial system.If to paraphrase Rousseau, man is born free but is everywhere in chains, Wola man is very lightly shackled.Order in Wola Society is based on the exchange of wealth, the effect of an elaborate exchange system…
Food, Sex, and Pollution
Ethnology (4 works) · New guinea (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economics (2 works)