essay
Food and the strategy involved in learning fraternal exchange among Wolof children
French perspectives in African studies : a collection of translated essays • London • Published In 1973 • Pages: 220-233
By: Zempleni-Rabain, Jacqueline.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This essay is an analysis of how Wolof children learn exchange, 'the primary value of Wolof society.' By employing a series of examples of exchange situations followed by detailed analyses, the author demonstrates how children learn the value of giving, especially food, and the status of the giver. 'The Wolof education system aims less at imposing adult rules on the child, than at creating conditions by which a child gains an awareness and a respect for the 'laws of brothers and equals'' (p. 233).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gift giving
- Child care
- Gratification and control of hunger
- Weaning and food training
- Transmission of cultural norms
- Family relationships
- Status, role, and prestige
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wolof
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Psychologist
- 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
- Martin Malone ; Marlene Martin ; 1974
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1963-1965
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1963-1965
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- West Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jacqueline Zempleni-Rabain
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73160402
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)