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Tired of weeping : mother love, child death, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau /
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. Ba...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | Women in Africa and the diaspora.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780299201333 0299201333 1282269542 9781282269545 9786612269547 6612269545 |