Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Women in Africa and the diaspora
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Women in Africa and the diaspora.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-225) and index. |
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. |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
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 |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Papel (African people) -- Psychology.
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Papel (African people) |
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Psychology. |
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Papel (African people) -- Kinship.
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Kinship. |
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Papel (African people) -- Mortality.
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Mortality. |
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Children -- Mortality -- Guinea-Bissau -- Biombo.
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Children -- Mortality. |
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Guinea-Bissau -- Biombo. |
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Mothers -- Guinea-Bissau -- Biombo -- Psychology.
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Mothers. |
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Biombo (Guinea-Bissau) -- Social life and customs.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Subject |
Children. |
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Mothers. |
Other Form: |
Print version: Einarsdóttir, Jónína. Tired of weeping. Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2004005379 |
ISBN |
9780299201333 (electronic book) |
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0299201333 (electronic book) |
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0299201309 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0299201341 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780299201302 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780299201340 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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