Fertile bonds : Bedouin class, kinship, and gender in the Bekaa Valley /

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A portrait of a group of Bedouins in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, a population with the highest fertility rate in the world. Many married couples in this pastoral community are close relatives - a socially advantageous practice that reflects the deep value Bedouins place on kinship. To outsiders, su...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Joseph, Suzanne E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2013]
Subjects:
Bedouins > Lebanon > Biqāʻ Valley.
Families > Lebanon > Biqāʻ Valley.
Fertility, Human > Lebanon > Biqāʻ Valley.
Sex role > Lebanon > Biqāʻ Valley.
Bédouins > Liban > Bekaa (Plaine)
Familles > Liban > Bekaa (Plaine)
Fécondité humaine > Liban > Bekaa (Plaine)
Rôle selon le sexe > Liban > Bekaa (Plaine)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Bedouins.
Families.
Fertility, Human.
Manners and customs.
Sex role.
Beduine
Frau
Ehe
Verwandtschaftssystem
Nomadismus
Biqāʻ Valley (Lebanon) > Social life and customs.
Bekaa (Liban : Plaine) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Lebanon > Biqāʻ Valley.
al- Bika
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Note on transliteration
  • Introduction and overview
  • Nomadic lives in transition
  • (Un)stratified reproduction : class, tribe, and culture
  • Gender myths and demographic realities
  • Marriage between kin
  • Population and poverty : a capitalist trap?
  • Class differentiation of demographic regimes
  • Demography on the nomadic periphery
  • Conclusions.

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