After freedom
Book 1968 • Powdermaker, Hortense

African Americans • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This study, based upon research conducted in the 1930's, views 'a unit of southern American culture in terms of human beings who have inherited a historical situation and whose personalities are being constantly affected by the culture in which they ...

Life in Lesu
Book 1933 • Powdermaker, Hortense

Lesu • Oceania > Melanesia
This source is a basic ethnographic study of the village of Lesu on the island of New Ireland. The emphasis in the study is on social organization and non-material culture. Included are discussions of social organization, infancy, childhood, initiati...

Mortuary rites in New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago)
article 1931 • Powdermaker, Hortense

Lesu • Oceania > Melanesia
The author did her field work for this article under the auspices of the Australian National Research Council. The mortuary rites described here were observed in the villages located on the east coast of New Ireland. The article includes information ...

Vital statistics of New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago) as revealed in genealogies
article 1931 • Powdermaker, Hortense

Lesu • Oceania > Melanesia
This article contains demographic information concerning birth, death, disease, and population trends derived from genealogical materials collected during the author's stay in the village of Lesu, although the data also concern a few other communitie...

Feasts in New Ireland
article 1932 • Powdermaker, Hortense

Lesu • Oceania > Melanesia
This article, as the title suggests, discusses the function of eating as it occurs under communal-ritual conditions. The author presents a theoretical introduction to the subject, and descriptive data concerning feasting among the people of Lesu as s...