Tired of weeping: mother love, child death, and poverty in guinea-bissau
Auteur :
Einarsdottir, Jonina
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299201302
Date de publication :
31 déc. 2004
Dimensions :
23,5 x 16,0 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
486 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In this study of maternal reactions to child death in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, anthropologist Jonina Einarsdottir challenges the assumption that mothers in high-poverty societies will neglect their children and fail to mourn their deaths as a survival strategy.