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- Title
Effects of Population Density on Food Concerns in Three East African Societies.
- Authors
Munroe, Robert L.; Munroe, Ruth H.; Nerlove, Sara B.; Daniels, Robert E.
- Abstract
To investigate the validity of anthropological statements about the effects of subsistence problems on fantasy life, study was made of dense population conditions in East Africa. High density was associated with food imagery in folktales, with short-term memory for objects of food (e.g., maize) and food words (e.g., meat), with a story-theme choice emphasizing importance of food, and in dream reports, in distinction to other findings, with a low frequency of food consumption. The food concerns shown under high-density conditions in subsistencelevel societies may indicate previously unsuspected effects of strong population pressures.
- Subjects
EAST Africa; FOOD; POPULATION density; FANTASY (Psychology); POPULATION geography; POPULATION
- Publication
Journal of Health & Social Behavior, 1969, Vol 10, Issue 3, p161
- ISSN
0022-1465
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2948387