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Political leadership and culture change in YapBook 1975 • Lingenfelter, Sherwood G.
Yapese • Oceania > Micronesia
The major focus of interest in this monograph is on the effects of change on political leadership, ideologies and organization as a direct result of American administration since World War II. The cultural and social adaptations and consequences of t...Yap eating classesarticle 1979 • Lingenfelter, Sherwood G.
Yapese • Oceania > Micronesia
Based on interviews and early twentieth century accounts, Lingenfelter reconstructs and interprets the ritual surrounding Yap eating classes (YOGUM). According to Lingenfelter, the eating class ritual is a core ritual that expresses and mediates stat...In the court or in the village?article 1991 • Lingenfelter, Sherwood G.
Yapese • Oceania > Micronesia
In this article, Lingenfelter examines two institutions of dispute settlement, one traditional, the other modern. Traditional disputes within a village are handled by a council of village elders and disputes between villages, by a council of chiefs f...Courtship and marriage on Yapessay 1993 • Lingenfelter, Sherwood G.
Yapese • Oceania > Micronesia
In this study, Lingenfelter examines changes in courtship, marriage, and marital relations among th Yapese during the American administration period (1946-1983). His thesis is that men have gained power relative to women through their disproportionat...Emic structure and decision-making in Yaparticle 1977 • Lingenfelter, Sherwood G.
Yapese • Oceania > Micronesia
In this paper, Lingenfelter constructs an emic model of decision-making for the Yap culture. He first examines Yapese cosmology and notions of purity and pollution. He notes the symbolic oppositions in Yap beliefs, such as those between spirits-human...