The Resource Countless blessings : a history of childbirth and reproduction in the Sahel, Barbara M. Cooper
Countless blessings : a history of childbirth and reproduction in the Sahel, Barbara M. Cooper
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- Summary
- How do women in Hausa-speaking Niger think about pregnancy and childbirth differently from women in the United States or Europe? Barbara M. Cooper sets out to answer this question to understand how childbirth has been experienced in the history of the African Sahel, a place that has the world's highest fertility rates, but also one of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality. Cooper presents a history of what it is like for many rural women to bear children in Niger. She sketches out the influence of geography, ethnicity, social status, and religion to come to a deeper understanding of reproduction and the practices of fertility and maternal well-being from colonialism to today. Cooper unveils a complex landscape of religious and family life where women who have no children may be shunned, where competition between wives for fertility may be intense, and where access to medicine may be improvised. In this patriarchal society where women are poorly educated a culture of sorrow and shame develops among them. Cooper suggests that in this volatile environment it is little wonder that pregnancy and birth are tremendously dangerous practices
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 345 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Environment, seduction, and fertility
- Tensions in the wake of conquest : gender and reproduction after abolition
- Personhood, socialization, and shame
- Colonial accounting
- Perils of pregnancy and childbirth
- Producing healthy babies and healthy laborers
- Feminists, Islamists, and demographers
- Let's talk about bastards
- Contemporary sexuality and childbirth
- Conclusion: Traveling companions and entrustments in contemporary Niger
- Isbn
- 9780253042019
- Label
- Countless blessings : a history of childbirth and reproduction in the Sahel
- Title
- Countless blessings
- Title remainder
- a history of childbirth and reproduction in the Sahel
- Statement of responsibility
- Barbara M. Cooper
- Subject
-
- Birth customs -- Sahel
- Childbirth -- Niger
- Childbirth -- Sahel
- Childbirth -- Social aspects -- Niger
- Childbirth -- Social aspects -- Sahel
- Fertility, Human -- Niger
- Fertility, Human -- Sahel
- Africa -- Sahel
- Niger
- Niger
- Reproductive health -- Niger
- Reproductive health -- Sahel
- Sahel
- Women, Hausa -- Social conditions
- Hausa (African people) -- Social life and customs
- Birth customs -- Niger
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- How do women in Hausa-speaking Niger think about pregnancy and childbirth differently from women in the United States or Europe? Barbara M. Cooper sets out to answer this question to understand how childbirth has been experienced in the history of the African Sahel, a place that has the world's highest fertility rates, but also one of the highest rates of maternal and infant mortality. Cooper presents a history of what it is like for many rural women to bear children in Niger. She sketches out the influence of geography, ethnicity, social status, and religion to come to a deeper understanding of reproduction and the practices of fertility and maternal well-being from colonialism to today. Cooper unveils a complex landscape of religious and family life where women who have no children may be shunned, where competition between wives for fertility may be intense, and where access to medicine may be improvised. In this patriarchal society where women are poorly educated a culture of sorrow and shame develops among them. Cooper suggests that in this volatile environment it is little wonder that pregnancy and birth are tremendously dangerous practices
- Cataloging source
- IEN/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cooper, Barbara MacGowan,
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GT2465.S15
- LC item number
- C66 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Childbirth
- Childbirth
- Childbirth
- Childbirth
- Fertility, Human
- Fertility, Human
- Birth customs
- Birth customs
- Reproductive health
- Reproductive health
- Women, Hausa
- Hausa (African people)
- Africa
- Niger
- Sahel
- Niger
- Label
- Countless blessings : a history of childbirth and reproduction in the Sahel, Barbara M. Cooper
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Environment, seduction, and fertility -- Tensions in the wake of conquest : gender and reproduction after abolition -- Personhood, socialization, and shame -- Colonial accounting -- Perils of pregnancy and childbirth -- Producing healthy babies and healthy laborers -- Feminists, Islamists, and demographers -- Let's talk about bastards -- Contemporary sexuality and childbirth -- Conclusion: Traveling companions and entrustments in contemporary Niger
- Control code
- 1045642993
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 345 pages
- Isbn
- 9780253042019
- Lccn
- 2018031196
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1045642993
- Label
- Countless blessings : a history of childbirth and reproduction in the Sahel, Barbara M. Cooper
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Environment, seduction, and fertility -- Tensions in the wake of conquest : gender and reproduction after abolition -- Personhood, socialization, and shame -- Colonial accounting -- Perils of pregnancy and childbirth -- Producing healthy babies and healthy laborers -- Feminists, Islamists, and demographers -- Let's talk about bastards -- Contemporary sexuality and childbirth -- Conclusion: Traveling companions and entrustments in contemporary Niger
- Control code
- 1045642993
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 345 pages
- Isbn
- 9780253042019
- Lccn
- 2018031196
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1045642993
Subject
- Birth customs -- Sahel
- Childbirth -- Niger
- Childbirth -- Sahel
- Childbirth -- Social aspects -- Niger
- Childbirth -- Social aspects -- Sahel
- Fertility, Human -- Niger
- Fertility, Human -- Sahel
- Africa -- Sahel
- Niger
- Niger
- Reproductive health -- Niger
- Reproductive health -- Sahel
- Sahel
- Women, Hausa -- Social conditions
- Hausa (African people) -- Social life and customs
- Birth customs -- Niger
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