Philip E Leis
Biographic Data
| ID | 84483 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip E Leis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip E |
| FAMILY NAME | Leis |
| SIGNATURE | LEIS P E |
| AFFILIATIONS | John Brown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 133 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Remodeling Concepts of the Self
There has been an ongoing debate in the anthropological and psychological literature as to the appropriate models for conceptualizing self and person in relation to society. The models have different labels, but the opposition expressed between the two focus on the cultural construction of self-determinacy. The Western model is egocentric in that individuals are situated as free agents, striving to actualize themselves in terms of selfachievement…
Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa
Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa. John L. Comaroff and Jean Comaroff. eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. vii. 318 pp., photographs, index
Embodying Colonial Memories
Inter generational Discontinuities in Nigeria
EthosVolume 23, Issue 1 p. 103-118 Inter generational Discontinuities in Nigeria PHILIP E. LEIS, PHILIP E. LEIS Professor Brown University in Providence, RI.Search for more papers by this authorMARIDA HOLLOS, MARIDA HOLLOS Associate Professor Brown University in Providence, RI.Search for more papers by this author PHILIP E. LEIS, PHILIP E. LEIS Professor Brown University in Providence, RI.Search for more papers by this authorMARIDA HOLLOS, MARIDA…
Foreheads of the Dead
Boyhood Rituals in an African Society
Becoming Nigerian in Ijo Society
Small is Survival
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Descent and Permissive Adolescent Sexuality in Two Ijo Communities
Social Reasoning in IJO Children and Adolescents in Nigerian Communities
The study examined moral judgments and concepts of social convention in Ijo communities located in the Niger Delta areas of Southern Nigeria. The main data analyses were based on responses from 46 subjects divided into three age groups: 8-11 years, 12-14 years, and 15-18 years (preliminary data were also obtained in a small village). Assessments were made of judgments about examples of a moral transgression and a breach of social convention. The …
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World
Witchcraft among the Azande . 1981. Produced by Granada Television International
Applied Anthropology
Ethnic Encounters
Bangwa Kinship and Marriage
The Strange Ways of Man
Peasant Customs and Savage Myths
Liberia
Politics of Social Research
Accommodation in a Plural Chiefdom (Cameroon)
The Fon of Bafut. Pat Ritzenthaler
The Nonfunctional Attributes of Twin Infanticide in the Niger Delta
To confront exotic and seemingly irrational behavior of peoples in foreign cultures, and to make this behavior meaningful has always been particular forte 6f anthropology. In nineteenth century, however, writers frankly recognized their inability to explain certain customs; an attitude that might be considered realistic if had not been so frequently accompanied by a self-explanatory reference to primitive life. This armchair type of analysis will…
"Collective Sentiments" as Represented in Ijaw Divination
Umbundu
Palm Oil, Illicit Gin, and the Moral Order of the Ijaw1
Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa
Civil Society and the Political Imagination in Africa. John L. Comaroff and Jean Comaroff. eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. vii. 318 pp., photographs, index
Embodying Colonial Memories
The Masks of God
Politics of Social Research
Becoming Nigerian in Ijo Society
Liberia
Palm Oil, Illicit Gin, and the Moral Order of the Ijaw1
Social Reasoning in IJO Children and Adolescents in Nigerian Communities
The study examined moral judgments and concepts of social convention in Ijo communities located in the Niger Delta areas of Southern Nigeria. The main data analyses were based on responses from 46 subjects divided into three age groups: 8-11 years, 12-14 years, and 15-18 years (preliminary data were also obtained in a small village). Assessments were made of judgments about examples of a moral transgression and a breach of social convention. The …
Remodeling Concepts of the Self
There has been an ongoing debate in the anthropological and psychological literature as to the appropriate models for conceptualizing self and person in relation to society. The models have different labels, but the opposition expressed between the two focus on the cultural construction of self-determinacy. The Western model is egocentric in that individuals are situated as free agents, striving to actualize themselves in terms of selfachievement…
Inter generational Discontinuities in Nigeria
EthosVolume 23, Issue 1 p. 103-118 Inter generational Discontinuities in Nigeria PHILIP E. LEIS, PHILIP E. LEIS Professor Brown University in Providence, RI.Search for more papers by this authorMARIDA HOLLOS, MARIDA HOLLOS Associate Professor Brown University in Providence, RI.Search for more papers by this author PHILIP E. LEIS, PHILIP E. LEIS Professor Brown University in Providence, RI.Search for more papers by this authorMARIDA HOLLOS, MARIDA…
Descent and Permissive Adolescent Sexuality in Two Ijo Communities
Peasant Customs and Savage Myths
The Nonfunctional Attributes of Twin Infanticide in the Niger Delta
To confront exotic and seemingly irrational behavior of peoples in foreign cultures, and to make this behavior meaningful has always been particular forte 6f anthropology. In nineteenth century, however, writers frankly recognized their inability to explain certain customs; an attitude that might be considered realistic if had not been so frequently accompanied by a self-explanatory reference to primitive life. This armchair type of analysis will…
Accommodation in a Plural Chiefdom (Cameroon)
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World
"Collective Sentiments" as Represented in Ijaw Divination
Ijaw Enculturation
The Masks of God
"Collective Sentiments" as Represented in Ijaw Divination
Umbundu
Palm Oil, Illicit Gin, and the Moral Order of the Ijaw1
Ijaw Enculturation
The Nonfunctional Attributes of Twin Infanticide in the Niger Delta
To confront exotic and seemingly irrational behavior of peoples in foreign cultures, and to make this behavior meaningful has always been particular forte 6f anthropology. In nineteenth century, however, writers frankly recognized their inability to explain certain customs; an attitude that might be considered realistic if had not been so frequently accompanied by a self-explanatory reference to primitive life. This armchair type of analysis will…
The Fon of Bafut. Pat Ritzenthaler
The Strange Ways of Man
Peasant Customs and Savage Myths
Liberia
Politics of Social Research
Accommodation in a Plural Chiefdom (Cameroon)
Bangwa Kinship and Marriage
Ethnic Encounters
Applied Anthropology
Witchcraft among the Azande . 1981. Produced by Granada Television International
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World
Small is Survival
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Descent and Permissive Adolescent Sexuality in Two Ijo Communities
Social Reasoning in IJO Children and Adolescents in Nigerian Communities
The study examined moral judgments and concepts of social convention in Ijo communities located in the Niger Delta areas of Southern Nigeria. The main data analyses were based on responses from 46 subjects divided into three age groups: 8-11 years, 12-14 years, and 15-18 years (preliminary data were also obtained in a small village). Assessments were made of judgments about examples of a moral transgression and a breach of social convention. The …
Becoming Nigerian in Ijo Society
Boyhood Rituals in an African Society
Foreheads of the Dead
Inter generational Discontinuities in Nigeria
EthosVolume 23, Issue 1 p. 103-118 Inter generational Discontinuities in Nigeria PHILIP E. LEIS, PHILIP E. LEIS Professor Brown University in Providence, RI.Search for more papers by this authorMARIDA HOLLOS, MARIDA HOLLOS Associate Professor Brown University in Providence, RI.Search for more papers by this author PHILIP E. LEIS, PHILIP E. LEIS Professor Brown University in Providence, RI.Search for more papers by this authorMARIDA HOLLOS, MARIDA…
Embodying Colonial Memories
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