Book

Socio-economic and cultural aspects of food and food habits in rural Igboland

University MicrofilmsAnn Arbor, Mich.Published In 1980 • Pages:

By: Okere, Linus Chukwuemeka.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an exceptionally thorough treatment of the relations of production and consumption of food among the Igbo. The author deals with land tenure and use, investment resources available to farmers, plant ecology, labor organization, migration and marketing patterns, nutrition, cooking methods, and the social and symbolic contexts of eating and drinking. He seeks a better understanding of kinds of changes which would be both desirable and achievable in a developing economy which requires a larger, more reliable and less seasonal food supply.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Diet
Food preparation
Nutrition
External trade
Tillage
Land use
Production and supply
Gratification and control of hunger
Domesticated animals
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Igbo
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2003
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Western Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Jan Simpson ; 1981
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1934-1979
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Owerri Division, Imo State, southeastern Nigeria
NotesAdditional notes
Linus Chukwuemeka Okere
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- State University of New York at Buffalo, 1979
UM8005698
Includes bibliographical references (p. 432-465)
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Igbo (African people)