Philip Mayer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3611654 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Mayer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Mayer |
| SIGNATURE | MAYER P |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4319-4135 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 213 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1950 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Electricity market relationship between Great Britain and its neighbors
Socialization
Townsmen or Tribesmen
Social Networks in Urban Situations
This book presents a series of case studies of social networks in urban situations in Central Africa. It examines how individuals in these towns utilize their social networks for various purposes, including migration, employment, and social support. The studies explore the structure and function of these networks, considering factors such as kinship, ethnicity, and occupation. The book argues that social networks play a crucial role in adapting t…
Migrancy and the Study of Africans in Towns1
Anthropological Research at Rhodes University, South Africa
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The Cultural Prospects for the Bantu in South Africa
Journal Article The Cultural Prospects for the Bantu in South Africa Get access PHILIP MAYER, DR. PHILIP MAYER, DR. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 216, July 1955, Pages 214–225, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094315 Published: 01 July 1955
Ekeigoroigoro
Gusii Initiation Ceremonies
The joking of "pals" in Gusii age-sets
SYNOPSIS The relationship of pals is marked by playful insulting (egosori), including obscenity and other classic features of joking relationships. A typical usage is a mutual form of address equivalent to "uncircumcized person". The privilege of mutual playful insulting is based on common age‐set membership (i.e. on having been initiated together). However, analysis shows that persons inevitably debarred from such joking include all who belong t…
Privileged Obstruction of Marriage Rites among the Gusii
Opening ParagraphA Sketch of two incidents recorded in my field notes will serve to introduce the subject of this paper.1. Nanyuki and his wife Mwango were completing their marriage by the enyangi ceremony. I was to see the second of the major sacrifices, which takes place at the husband's homestead. A day after the appointed time, Nanyuki informed me that everything was being held up. Mwango, he said, refused to go on unless he gave her a he-goa…
Socialization
Townsmen or Tribesmen
Migrancy and the Study of Africans in Towns1
Gusii Initiation Ceremonies
Privileged Obstruction of Marriage Rites among the Gusii
Opening ParagraphA Sketch of two incidents recorded in my field notes will serve to introduce the subject of this paper.1. Nanyuki and his wife Mwango were completing their marriage by the enyangi ceremony. I was to see the second of the major sacrifices, which takes place at the husband's homestead. A day after the appointed time, Nanyuki informed me that everything was being held up. Mwango, he said, refused to go on unless he gave her a he-goa…
The joking of "pals" in Gusii age-sets
SYNOPSIS The relationship of pals is marked by playful insulting (egosori), including obscenity and other classic features of joking relationships. A typical usage is a mutual form of address equivalent to "uncircumcized person". The privilege of mutual playful insulting is based on common age‐set membership (i.e. on having been initiated together). However, analysis shows that persons inevitably debarred from such joking include all who belong t…
Ekeigoroigoro
The Cultural Prospects for the Bantu in South Africa
Journal Article The Cultural Prospects for the Bantu in South Africa Get access PHILIP MAYER, DR. PHILIP MAYER, DR. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 216, July 1955, Pages 214–225, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094315 Published: 01 July 1955
Social Networks in Urban Situations
This book presents a series of case studies of social networks in urban situations in Central Africa. It examines how individuals in these towns utilize their social networks for various purposes, including migration, employment, and social support. The studies explore the structure and function of these networks, considering factors such as kinship, ethnicity, and occupation. The book argues that social networks play a crucial role in adapting t…
Privileged Obstruction of Marriage Rites among the Gusii
Opening ParagraphA Sketch of two incidents recorded in my field notes will serve to introduce the subject of this paper.1. Nanyuki and his wife Mwango were completing their marriage by the enyangi ceremony. I was to see the second of the major sacrifices, which takes place at the husband's homestead. A day after the appointed time, Nanyuki informed me that everything was being held up. Mwango, he said, refused to go on unless he gave her a he-goa…
The joking of "pals" in Gusii age-sets
SYNOPSIS The relationship of pals is marked by playful insulting (egosori), including obscenity and other classic features of joking relationships. A typical usage is a mutual form of address equivalent to "uncircumcized person". The privilege of mutual playful insulting is based on common age‐set membership (i.e. on having been initiated together). However, analysis shows that persons inevitably debarred from such joking include all who belong t…
Gusii Initiation Ceremonies
Ekeigoroigoro
The Cultural Prospects for the Bantu in South Africa
Journal Article The Cultural Prospects for the Bantu in South Africa Get access PHILIP MAYER, DR. PHILIP MAYER, DR. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 216, July 1955, Pages 214–225, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094315 Published: 01 July 1955
Anthropological Research at Rhodes University, South Africa
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Migrancy and the Study of Africans in Towns1
Social Networks in Urban Situations
This book presents a series of case studies of social networks in urban situations in Central Africa. It examines how individuals in these towns utilize their social networks for various purposes, including migration, employment, and social support. The studies explore the structure and function of these networks, considering factors such as kinship, ethnicity, and occupation. The book argues that social networks play a crucial role in adapting t…
Townsmen or Tribesmen
Socialization
Electricity market relationship between Great Britain and its neighbors
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