Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs : Threatened Reproduction and Identity in the Cameroon Grasslands

Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs Threatened Reproduction and Identity in the Cameroon Grasslands

"Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs examines the symbolic language of food, fertility, and infertility to illuminate the dynamics of social and cultural disintegration in a small, mountainous African kingdom." "In the Cameroon grassfields, an area of high fertility, women hold a paradoxi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Feldman-Savelsberg, Pamela, 1958- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press 1999.
Materias:
Fertilite humaine > Cameroun > Maham.
Femmes > Cameroun > Sante et hygiene.
Population.
Manners and customs.
Human reproduction.
Fertility, Human.
Ethnology.
Women > psychology
Anthropology, Cultural
Infertility, Female > psychology
Infertility, Female > ethnology
Human reproduction > Cameroon > Bangangte (Kingdom)
Fertility, Human > Cameroon > Bangangte (Kingdom)
Women, Ngangte > Health and hygiene.
Women, Ngangte > Psychology.
Women, Ngangte > Ethnic identity.
Bangangte
Kamerun
Africa > Bangangte (Kingdom)
Cameroon
Bangangte (Kingdom) > Social life and customs.
Bangangte (Kingdom) > Population.
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Descripción
Sumario:"Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs examines the symbolic language of food, fertility, and infertility to illuminate the dynamics of social and cultural disintegration in a small, mountainous African kingdom." "In the Cameroon grassfields, an area of high fertility, women hold a paradoxical fear of infertility. By combining symbolic, political-economic, and historical analyses, Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg traces the way reproductive threat is invoked in struggles over gender and ethnic identities." "Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs should appeal to a broad audience in medical anthropology, public health, African studies, and women's studies as well as to development planners and population scientists."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9780472904259
Acceso:Open Access

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