| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Women in Africa and the diaspora |
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Women in Africa and the diaspora.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Marriage relations -- Burdens of birth -- Conceptualization of children -- Diseases and death -- Non-human children |
| Summary |
In this comprehensive and provocative study of maternal reactions to child death in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, anthropologist Jónína Einarsdóttir challenges the assumption that mothers in high-poverty societies will neglect their children and fail to mourn their deaths as a survival strategy. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted from 1993 to 1998 among the matrilineal Papel, who reside in the Biombo region, this work includes theoretical discussion of reproductive practices, conceptions of children, childcare customs, interpretations of diseases and death, and infanticide. Einarsdóttir also brings compelling narratives of life experiences and reflections of Papel women.--Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-225) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Papel (African people) -- Psychology
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Papel (African people) -- Kinship
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Papel (African people) -- Mortality
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Children -- Mortality -- Guinea-Bissau -- Biombo
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Mothers -- Guinea-Bissau -- Biombo -- Psychology
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Adolescence.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Teenagers.
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Children -- Mortality
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Manners and customs
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Mothers -- Psychology
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| SUBJECT |
Biombo (Guinea-Bissau) -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Guinea-Bissau -- Biombo
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780299201333 |
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0299201333 |
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1282269542 |
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9781282269545 |
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9786612269547 |
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6612269545 |
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