The staff of life
Food and female fertility in a West African society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2510018 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter M Weil (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 182-195 |
| Publication date | 1976-04-01 |
| 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 | 10.2307/1158760 |
| PMID | 11631357 |
| OpenAlex | W2004520157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
Opening ParagraphThis paper is an examination of the dynamics of the kanyalangkafo, a cross-cultural fertility association. It first examines the changing economic and social environment of the Mandinka to clarify the factors relevant to the spread and acceptance of the fertility association.The second part of the paper describes the history and organization of the association.In the last part of the paper, the activities of the association and the ritually inverted sexual behaviour of its members are analyzed. Social integration is shown to be brought about in the presence of and partly because of the association and its activities. The integrative results include the manner in which the association organizes women and the social environment within which associational behaviour occurs. Models stemming from analyses of ritually inverted sexual behaviour are found to be generally supported by data from the Mandinka case
Association (psychology · Developmental psychology · Dynamics (music · Fertility · Paragraph · Political science · Population · Sociology · African Studies and Ethnography · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Demography · Law · Migration, Identity, and Health · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2022 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |