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Fatness and culture among the southern Mongo (Zaire): the case of the primparous nursing woman
African study monographs • 12 (3) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 149-160
By: Pagezy, Hélène.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes a motherhood ritual among the Mongo of Zaire in which a first time mothers is secluded from her husband for a long time after delivery. It argues the physical change mothers show during this time of restriction and improved care is an example of interaction between culture and biology.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Postnatal care
- Childbirth
- Pregnancy
- Diet
- Personal grooming
- Ornament
- Status, role, and prestige
- Normal garb
- Gender status
- Verbal arts
- Arranging a marriage
- Mode of marriage
- Ethnoanatomy
- Ritual
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mongo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- Anthropologist
- 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
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1979-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- central Congo Basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- NotesAdditional notes
- Hélène Pagezy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-169)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mongo (African people)