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Countless Blessings
A History of Childbirth and Reproduction in the Sahel
Taschenbuch von Barbara Cooper
Sprache: Englisch

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How do women in Niger experience pregnancy and childbirth differently from women in the United States or Europe? Barbara M. Cooper sets out to understand childbirth in a country with the world's highest fertility rate and an alarmingly high rate of maternal and infant mortality. Cooper shows how the environment, slavery and abolition, French military rule, and the rapid expansion of Islam have all influenced childbirth and fertility in Niger from the 19th century to the present day. She sketches a landscape where fear of infertility generates intense competition between communities, ethnicities, and co-wives and creates a culture where concerns about infertility dominate concerns about overpopulation, where illegitimate children are rejected, and where the education of girls is sacrificed in the name of avoiding shame. Given a medical system poorly adapted to women's needs, a precarious economy, and a political context where it is impossible to address sexuality openly, Cooper discovers that it is little wonder that pregnancy and birth are a woman's greatest pride as well as a source of grave danger.
How do women in Niger experience pregnancy and childbirth differently from women in the United States or Europe? Barbara M. Cooper sets out to understand childbirth in a country with the world's highest fertility rate and an alarmingly high rate of maternal and infant mortality. Cooper shows how the environment, slavery and abolition, French military rule, and the rapid expansion of Islam have all influenced childbirth and fertility in Niger from the 19th century to the present day. She sketches a landscape where fear of infertility generates intense competition between communities, ethnicities, and co-wives and creates a culture where concerns about infertility dominate concerns about overpopulation, where illegitimate children are rejected, and where the education of girls is sacrificed in the name of avoiding shame. Given a medical system poorly adapted to women's needs, a precarious economy, and a political context where it is impossible to address sexuality openly, Cooper discovers that it is little wonder that pregnancy and birth are a woman's greatest pride as well as a source of grave danger.
Über den Autor
Barbara M. Cooper
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Glossary of ethnonyms, acronyms and foreign terms

Introduction

1. Environment, Seduction and Fertility

2. Tensions in the Wake of Conquest: Gender and Reproduction after Abolition

3. Personhood, Socialization and Shame

4. Colonial Accounting

5. Perils of Pregnancy and Childbirth

6. Producing Healthy Babies and Healthy Laborers

7. Feminists, Islamists and Demographers

8. Let's talk about Bastards

9. Contemporary Sexuality and Childbirth

Conclusion: Traveling Companions and Entrustments in Contemporary Niger

Works Cited

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780253042019
ISBN-10: 0253042011
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Cooper, Barbara
Hersteller: Indiana University Press (IPS)
Maße: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Barbara Cooper
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2019
Gewicht: 0,587 kg
Artikel-ID: 114580373
Über den Autor
Barbara M. Cooper
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Glossary of ethnonyms, acronyms and foreign terms

Introduction

1. Environment, Seduction and Fertility

2. Tensions in the Wake of Conquest: Gender and Reproduction after Abolition

3. Personhood, Socialization and Shame

4. Colonial Accounting

5. Perils of Pregnancy and Childbirth

6. Producing Healthy Babies and Healthy Laborers

7. Feminists, Islamists and Demographers

8. Let's talk about Bastards

9. Contemporary Sexuality and Childbirth

Conclusion: Traveling Companions and Entrustments in Contemporary Niger

Works Cited

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780253042019
ISBN-10: 0253042011
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Cooper, Barbara
Hersteller: Indiana University Press (IPS)
Maße: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Barbara Cooper
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.07.2019
Gewicht: 0,587 kg
Artikel-ID: 114580373
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