Plundered kitchens, empty wombs : threatened reproduction and identity in the Cameroon grassfields /

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"Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs examines the symbolic language of food, fertility, and infertility to illuminate the dynamics of social and cultural disintegration in a small, mountainous African kingdom." "In the Cameroon grassfields, an area of high fertility, women hold a paradoxi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feldman-Savelsberg, Pamela, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Women, Ngangte > Ethnic identity.
Women, Ngangte > Psychology.
Women, Ngangte > Health and hygiene.
Fertility, Human > Cameroon > Bangangté (Kingdom)
Human reproduction > Cameroon > Bangangté (Kingdom)
Ethnology.
Infertility, Female > ethnology
Infertility, Female > psychology
Anthropology, Cultural
Women > psychology
Femmes bangangte > Identité ethnique.
Femmes bangangte > Psychologie.
Femmes bangangte > Santé et hygiène.
Fécondité humaine > Cameroun > Maham.
Reproduction humaine > Cameroun > Maham.
Ethnologie.
Ethnology
Fertility, Human
Human reproduction
Manners and customs
Population
Bangangté.
Vrouwen.
Voortplanting (biologie)
Sociale status.
Femmes > Cameroun > Santé et hygiène.
Fertilité humaine > Cameroun > Maham.
Bangangté (Kingdom) > Population.
Bangangté (Kingdom) > Social life and customs.
Cameroon
Maham (Cameroun) > Population.
Maham (Cameroun) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Africa > Bangangté (Kingdom)
Kamerun
Bangangté
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs examines the symbolic language of food, fertility, and infertility to illuminate the dynamics of social and cultural disintegration in a small, mountainous African kingdom." "In the Cameroon grassfields, an area of high fertility, women hold a paradoxical fear of infertility. By combining symbolic, political-economic, and historical analyses, Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg traces the way reproductive threat is invoked in struggles over gender and ethnic identities." "Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs should appeal to a broad audience in medical anthropology, public health, African studies, and women's studies as well as to development planners and population scientists."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 257 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-248) and index.
ISBN:9780472904259
0472904256

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