Tired of weeping : mother love, child death, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau

Tired of weeping mother love, child death, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau

In this 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 survivalstrategy.

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1. Verfasser: Jónína Einarsdóttir (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Madison Univ. of Wisconsin Press 2004
Schriftenreihe:Women in Africa and the diaspora
Schlagworte:
Alltag, Brauchtum > Kind > Children > Mortality > Mothers > Psychology > Papel (African people) > Kinship > Bewältigung > Kindersterblichkeit > Mutter > Psychosoziale Situation > Tod > Mutterliebe > Biombo (Guinea-Bissau) > Social life and customs > Guinea-Bissau
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Zusammenfassung:In this 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 survivalstrategy.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 236 S.
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ISBN:0299201309
0-299-20130-9
0299201341
0-299-20134-1