Tired of Weeping : Mother Love, Child Death, and Poverty in Guinea-Bissau Paperback / softback
by Jonina Einarsdottir
Part of the Women in Africa and the Diaspora series
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In this comprehensive and provocative study of maternal reactions to child death in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, anthropologist Jonina Einarsdottir 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.
Einarsdottir also brings compelling narratives of life experiences and reflections of Papel women.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:300 pages, 7 illustrations, 2 maps
- Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
- Publication Date:30/11/2004
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- ISBN:9780299201340
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:300 pages, 7 illustrations, 2 maps
- Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
- Publication Date:30/11/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780299201340
