Tired of Weeping : Mother Love, Child Death, and Poverty in Guinea-Bissau
Second Edition
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Women in Africa and the Diaspora
ISBN-10
0299201341
ISBN-13
9780299201340
Edition
Second Edition
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint
University of Wisconsin Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 30th, 2004
Print length
300 Pages
Weight
357 grams
Dimensions
22.60 x 15.40 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Sociology: family & relationshipsSociology: family, kinship and relationships
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In this 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.
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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