Transfers of Belonging - Child Fostering in West Africa in the 20th Century

In Transfers of Belonging, Erdmute Alber argues for a new understanding of child foster practices in West Africa. It is based on the elaboration of the history of child foster practices in rural and urban Benin.

About the author

Erdmute Alber (Ph.D. 1997) is chair of Social Anthropology at Bayreuth University (Germany). She has undertaken long-term field research in West Africa, especially in northern Benin. She has directed several research projects on kinship, generational relations and child fostering in West Africa and published widely in the field of political anthropology, childhood, kinship, intergenerational relations and care.

Product details

• Authors: Erdmute Alber
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2018
• EAN: 9789004359802
• ISBN: 978-90-04-35980-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Africa-Europe Group for Interd
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories