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Transfers of Belonging

Child Fostering in West Africa in the 20th Century
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
284 Seiten
Englisch
Brillerschienen am03.05.2018
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.mehr

Produkt

KlappentextIn 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.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-90-04-35980-2
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Erscheinungsdatum03.05.2018
Seiten284 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 155 mm, Höhe 234 mm, Dicke 20 mm
Gewicht408 g
Artikel-Nr.45823147

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
AcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of AbbreviationsGlossaryIntroductionâBaatombu PeasantsâNational and Regional Embeddedness âSocial Relations âKinship Terminology âFieldwork and MethodsâField Research âThick Participation âChildhood Studies âNorm, Practice, Emotion 1 Theoretical Approaches and Concepts on Child FosteringâA Structural-functionalist Perspective: Parenthood and Social ReproductionâBearing and Begetting: Birth Parenthood âStatus Entitlement: Legal Parenthood âNurturance, Training and Sponsorship: Social Parenthood âDelegation of Parenthood: Types, Reasons and Functions âDiscussion âA Structuralist Perspective: The Circulation of ChildrenâDiscussion âOther PerspectivesâThe Turn to the Actor âTransfers of Imagined Belonging 2 Parenthood in Rural BorguâBirth ParenthoodâAn Open Secret âBirth âGiving Birth in the Health Centre âRites of Transition âEveryday Practices âAcquiring Knowledge âYearning âHappy Foster Children âConceptions of Parenthood âMotherhood âFatherhood âChild FosteringâDecisions âTransferring a Child âPossible Foster Parents âSame Sex âKinship âHierarchy âOrder of Siblings âReasons for Child FosteringâKinship Cohesion âPreventing Regressive Behaviour in Children âSocial Parenthood Supports the Hierarchies âChildren as Workers âChildlessness âCrisis Fostering âWomen´s Interests âChild Fostering, Gender and MarriageâExchanging Children and Women âConflictsâAvoidance and Indirect Communication âOpen Conflicts âSelf-reliance âFoster Parents âRunning Away âArguments against Child FosteringâKinship Conflicts âSchooling âA Bad Investment 3 Child Fostering in the Twentieth CenturyâPrecolonial TimesâEveryday Realities âViolence and Gifts âOedipus in Africa? âColonial ChangesâEnd of the Raids âNew Conceptions âSero Toro Tuunku and his Foster Son âNew Life Courses âChristian Missions âThe Introduction of Schools âState Policy âThe Post-colonial PeriodâUrban Baatombu Households âExpansion of Educational Facilities âBetween Town and Village: A ConflictâChild Fostering in Urban Areas: Cotonou and ParakouâUrban Households âMobility and Education âHousehold Composition âFostering and Education âBelonging âWell-being âExploitation? âGenerations âChild Fostering in the Villages of TÉbÉ, Kika and YarÉâFrequency of Child Fostering âBirth Rate and Child Mortality âGender âSchooling and Fostering âFamily Relationship between Children and their Foster Parents âOn the threshold of the 21st Century: Two ConflictsâRafa âDjamila âConclusionAppendixâNames and InterviewsâInterviews CitedReferencesIndexmehr

Autor

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.