In this Book
- Tired of Weeping: Mother Love, Child Death, and Poverty in Guinea-Bissau
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
- Series: Women in Africa and the Diaspora
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.
Table of Contents
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- Illustrations
- p. ix
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiii
- Introduction
- pp. 3-26
- 1. Marriage Relations
- pp. 27-59
- 2. Burdens of Birth
- pp. 60-87
- 3. Conceptualization of Children
- pp. 88-105
- 4. Diseases and Death
- pp. 106-137
- 5. Nonhuman Children
- pp. 138-163
- Conclusion
- pp. 164-170
- References
- pp. 203-225
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299201333
Related ISBN(s)
9780299201302, 9780299201340
MARC Record
OCLC
503446770
Pages
252
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2004