Countless blessings : a history of childbirth and reproduction in the Sahel /

How do women in Hausa-speaking Niger think about pregnancy and childbirth differently from women in the United States or Europe? Barbara M. Cooper sets out to answer this question to understand how childbirth has been experienced in the history of the African Sahel, a place that has the world's...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cooper, Barbara MacGowan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Childbirth > Niger.
Childbirth > Sahel.
Childbirth > Social aspects > Niger.
Childbirth > Social aspects > Sahel.
Fertility, Human > Niger.
Fertility, Human > Sahel.
Birth customs > Niger.
Birth customs > Sahel.
Reproductive health > Niger.
Reproductive health > Sahel.
Women, Hausa > Social conditions.
Hausa (African people) > Social life and customs.
Fécondité humaine > Niger.
Fécondité humaine > Sahel.
Naissance > Rites et coutumes > Niger.
Naissance > Rites et coutumes > Sahel.
Santé de la reproduction > Niger.
Santé de la reproduction > Sahel.
Femmes haoussa > Conditions sociales.
Haoussa (Peuple d'Afrique) > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pregnancy & Childbirth.
Birth customs
Childbirth
Childbirth > Social aspects
Fertility, Human
Hausa (African people) > Social life and customs
Reproductive health
Africa > Sahel
Niger
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Environment, seduction, and fertility
  • Tensions in the wake of conquest : gender and reproduction after abolition
  • Personhood, socialization, and shame
  • Colonial accounting
  • Perils of pregnancy and childbirth
  • Producing healthy babies and healthy laborers
  • Feminists, Islamists, and demographers
  • Let's talk about bastards
  • Contemporary sexuality and childbirth
  • Conclusion: Traveling companions and entrustments in contemporary Niger.

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