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Mossi joking
Ethnology • III (3) • Published In 1964 • Pages: 259-267
By: Hammond, Peter B..
Abstract
The author presents this paper a a tentative step in the reformulation of the '…various and disparate observations on joking in the anthropological literature.' He contends that an analysis of this literature would indicate that when joking has become institutionalized, the structural relationship between the participating parties would be characterized by '…five significantly interrelated structural attributes: separation, reciprocity, ambivalence, equality and independence' which he illustrates with data obtained from the Yatenga Mossi. These data treat specifically of the mother's brother, mother's brother's wife joking relationships, siblings-in-law joking relationships, joking between sibs (i.e. lineages), joking between age-sets, intervillage joking, and joking between ethnic groups. Joking as a psychological adjustive mechanism, and a means of social control are also discussed. 266-267.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1965
- Field Date
- 1954-1956
- Coverage Date
- 1954-1956
- Coverage Place
- Burkina Faso
- Notes
- Peter B. Hammond
- 'SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND GROUPS' (571) has been used for information on Mossi joking relationships. Footnotes have not been indexed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267)
- LCCN
- 64005713
- LCSH
- Mossi (African people)