Tired of Weeping Mother Love, Child Death, and Poverty in Guinea-Bissau |
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| Author:
| Einarsdottir, Jonina |
| Series title: | Women in Africa and the Diaspora Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-299-20130-2 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.