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Zusatztext The huge expectations for the rest of the book made in the well-written introduction, are followed up by interesting and well-edited contributions . Informationen zum Autor Alaka Basu is Senior Research Associate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. She has previously held positions at the University of Bombay; The Population Foundation of India; the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi; and the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi.Peter Aaby is Research Professor in Health Conditions in Developing Countries in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Copenhagen. He also works as Senior Researcher and Project leader of the Community Studies of Infectious Diseases and Primary Health Care in Guinea-Bisseau. Klappentext This volume takes stock of the current status of the comparatively new discipline of "Anthropological Demography," and discusses its major methods, its main strengths, and its chief limitations. It includes contributions from both mainstream demographers and foremost anthropologists, all stressing the necessity of a shared agenda for each discipline to progress successfully and avoid marginalization. Zusammenfassung A study of the discipline of "anthropological demography", discussing its major methods, main strengths, and chief limitations. It stresses the necessity of a shared agenda and highlights the potential of quantitative and qualitative information in ethnographical and anthropological theories. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Approaches to Anthropological Demography 1: John C. Caldwell, I. O. Orubuloye, and Pat Caldwell: Methodological Advances in Studying the Social Context of AIDS in Africa 2: Sjaak van der Geest: Participant Observation in Demographic Research: Fieldwork Experiences in a Ghanaian Community 3: John Knodel: Using Qualitative Data for Understanding Old-Age Security and Fertility 4: Alaka Basu: Anthropological Insights into the Links between Women's Status and Demographic Behaviour, Illustrated with the Notions of Hypergamy and Territorial Exogamy 5: Georgia Kaufmann: Kinship Structures, Marriage Systems, and Reproductive Behaviour: The Use of Anthropology and Demography in a Brazilian Case Study 6: John Cleland and Georgia Kaufmann: Education, Fertility, and Child Survival: Unravelling the Links 7: Sukumari Bhattacharji: A Rereading of Historical Material: An Alternative Account of the Position of Women in Ancient India 8: Jane Schneider and Peter Schneider: Political Economy and Cultural Processes in the Fertility Decline of Sicilian Artisans 9: John Kwasi Anarfi: Anthropological Perspectives on Migration in Africa 10: Peter Aaby: Are Men Weaker or Do their Sisters Talk Too Much? Sex Differences in Childhood Mortality and the Construction of `Biological' Differences 11: Alaka Basu: Cultural Models and Demographic Behaviour 12: Caroline Bledsoe and Allan Hill: Social Norms, Natural Fertility, and the Resumption of Postpartum `Contact' in The Gambia 13: Philip Kreager: The Limits of Diffusionism ...
