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Sociocultural aspects of the male fattening sessions among the Massa of Northern Cameroon
Social aspects of obesity • Luxembourg • Published In 1995 • Pages: 45-70
By: Garine, I. de.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document focuses on the practice by Masa men of eating large meals of porridge and milk to achieve an ideal large body size that women find sexually attractive. Such overeating is done in groups or individually, and brings prestige to lineage groups and communities. The author discusses various etic reasons for the practice.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gratification and control of hunger
- Diet
- Ethnoanatomy
- Sexual stimulation
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 1958-1959
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1958-1959
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mayo-Danay department, Far North region, Cameroon
- NotesAdditional notes
- Igor de Garine
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-70)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 99457377
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Masa (African people)--Cameroon--Social life and customs
- Cameroon--Social conditions
- Body size--Cameroon--Social aspects
- Overweight persons--Cameroon--Social life and customs