Polygamy in Mεnde Country
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20516643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K H Crosby (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1937 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 249-264 |
| Publication date | 1937-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1155294 |
| OpenAlex | W1994012553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
Opening Paragraph Polygamy is a social system, and is intimately bound up with the subject of property, of labour, and of the difference in status between men and women. If this paper appears to trespass into other fields it is because of the complexity of the subject and because polygamy is not something that can be abstracted from the social organization generally and be examined by itself; it is both symptom and cause of widespread difference in Mende society from that of our own
Epistemology · Paragraph · Political science · Property (philosophy) · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Trespass · African history and culture analysis · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Law · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1948 - 2022 (75) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |