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La place de l'enfant dans la vie rituelle des Masa (Tchad)
Journal des africanistes • 72 (1) • Published In 2002 • Pages: 73-103
By: Dumas-Champion, Françoise.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Because of their liminal, pre-sexual status, children play a unique role in various Masa rituals that have to do with fertility, such as planting, marriages, funerals, and childbirth (especially of twins). Such events can be dangerous for the health, life, and fertility of adults. Hoever, because children are not able to procreate, they are not at risk from attack by malevolent spirits and shades that harm the fertility of humans, cattle, and crops.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cosmology
- Eschatology
- Luck and chance
- Conception
- Childbirth
- Difficult and unusual births
- Childhood activities
- Status of children
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Masa
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1973-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Mayo-Kebbi Est region, Chad
- NotesAdditional notes
- Françoise Dumas-Champion
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 103)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79646074
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Masa (African people)