Uncertain Honor - Modern Motherhood in an African Crisis

Zusammenfassung Offers an intimate look at the lives of African women trying to reconcile motherhood with new professional roles in a context of dramatic social change. The author argues that Beti women delay motherhood as part of a broader attempt to assert a modern form of honor only recently made possible by formal education, Catholicism, and economic change.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, Johnson-Hanks Jennifer
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2005
• EAN: 9780226401812
• ISBN: 978-0-226-40181-2
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Africa, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships