Tallensi : FE11.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven, Conn. : Human Relations Area Files, 2010-
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/collection?owc=FE11
Subjects
Tallensi (African people)
Ethnology--Ghana.
Africa, West--Civilization.

Included WorkAdem, Teferi Abate. Culture summary, Tallensi.
Included WorkFortes, Meyer Dynamics of clanship among the Tallensi.
Included WorkFortes, Meyer Web of kinship among the Tallensi.
Included WorkFortes, Meyer Food in the domestic economy of the Tallensi.
Included WorkFortes, Sonia L.
Included WorkFortes, Meyer Social and psychological aspects of education in Taleland.
Included WorkFortes, Meyer Communal fishing and fishing magic in the northern territories of the Gold Coast.
Included WorkFortes, Meyer Ritual festivals and social cohesion in the Hinterland of the Gold Coast.
Included WorkFortes, Meyer Names among the Tallensi of the Gold Coast.
Included WorkFortes, Meyer Towards the judicial process, a Tallensi case.
Included WorkFortes, Meyer Religion, morality, and the person.
Included WorkGoody, Jack.
Included WorkGabrilopoulos, Nick. Lineage organisation of the Tallensi compound.
Included WorkMather, Charles M. (Charles Maurice), 1963-
Included WorkApentiik, Caesar Roland.
Included WorkRiehl, Volker, 1956- Land is ours, research on the land-use system among the Tallensi in northern Ghana.
Other author/creatorHuman Relations Area Files, inc.
SerieseHRAF world cultures
eHRAF world cultures. Africa. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Culture summary, Tallensi / Teferi Abate Adem -- The dynamics of clanship among the Tallensi, being the first part of an analysis of the social structure of a Trans-Volta tribe ; The web of kinship among the Tallensi, the second part of an analysis of the social structure of a Trans-Volta tribe ; Social and psychological aspects of education in Taleland ; Communal fishing and fishing magic in the northern territories of the Gold Coast ; Ritual festivals and social cohesion in the Hinterland of the Gold Coast ; Names among the Tallensi of the Gold Coast ; Towards the judicial process, a Tallensi case / Meyer Fortes -- Food in the domestic economy of the Tallensi / M. and S. L. Fortes -- Religion, morality, and the person, essays on Tallensi religion / Meyer Fortes ; edited and with an introduction by Jack Goody -- Lineage organisation of the Tallensi compound, the social logic of domestic space / Nick Gabrilopoulos, Charles Mather and Caesar Roland Apentiik -- The land is ours, research on the land-use system among the Tallensi in northern Ghana / Volker Riehl.
Scope and content This collection of 12 documents, all in English, cover Tallensi cultural, economic and environmental information circa 1930 to 1994. Most are by Meyer Fortes, a leading British social anthropologist who conducted extensive fieldwork among the Tallensi in 1934-1937 and 1971. His works provide detailed first hand description and analysis of Tallensi society with particular emphasis on clans and lineages, kinship and social relations, and religious practices including divination, ancestor worship and moral life. Other documents in the collection compliment Fortes's seminal works by examining other themes relating to land tenure and settlement patterns. Most of the information in these documents was collected from a locality called Tongo which Fortes described as the biggest settlement in Tallensi land and home to the heads of one of the dominant lineages.
General noteTitle from Web page (viewed Nov. 2, 2011).
General noteThis portion of eHRAF world cultures was last updated in 2010 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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