Contingent lives: fertility, time, and aging in West Africa
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-383) and index Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Reproductive Tolls and Temporalities in Studies of Reproduction; 3. Setting, Data, and Methods; 4. Managing the Birth Interval: Child Spacing; 5. Disjunctures and Anomalies: Deconstructing Child Spacing; 6. Realizing a Reproductive Endowment in a Contingent Body; 7. Time-Neutral Reproduction, Time-Neutral Aging; 8. Reaping the Rewards of Reproduction: Morality, Retirement, and Repletion; 9. Discovering Our Habitus: Contingency and Linearity in Western Obstetric Observations; 10. Rethinking Fertility, Time, and Aging; Appendixes; Glossary Most women in the West use contraceptives in order to avoid having children. But in rural Gambia and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, many women use contraceptives for the opposite reason--to have as many children as possible. Using ethnographic and demographic data from a three-year study in rural Gambia, Contingent Lives explains this seemingly counterintuitive fact by juxtaposing two very different understandings of the life course: one is a linear, Western model that equates aging and the ability to reproduce with the passage of time, the other a Gambian model that views aging as continge |
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spelling | Bledsoe, Caroline H. Verfasser aut Contingent lives fertility, time, and aging in West Africa Caroline H. Bledsoe with contributions by Fatoumatta Banja ; foreword by Anthony T. Carter Chicago University of Chicago Press 2002 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 396 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Lewis Henry Morgan lectures 1999 Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-383) and index Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Reproductive Tolls and Temporalities in Studies of Reproduction; 3. Setting, Data, and Methods; 4. Managing the Birth Interval: Child Spacing; 5. Disjunctures and Anomalies: Deconstructing Child Spacing; 6. Realizing a Reproductive Endowment in a Contingent Body; 7. Time-Neutral Reproduction, Time-Neutral Aging; 8. Reaping the Rewards of Reproduction: Morality, Retirement, and Repletion; 9. Discovering Our Habitus: Contingency and Linearity in Western Obstetric Observations; 10. Rethinking Fertility, Time, and Aging; Appendixes; Glossary Most women in the West use contraceptives in order to avoid having children. But in rural Gambia and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, many women use contraceptives for the opposite reason--to have as many children as possible. Using ethnographic and demographic data from a three-year study in rural Gambia, Contingent Lives explains this seemingly counterintuitive fact by juxtaposing two very different understandings of the life course: one is a linear, Western model that equates aging and the ability to reproduce with the passage of time, the other a Gambian model that views aging as continge Reproduction / Gambia Family Planning Services / Gambia Social Science Régulation des naissances / Gambie Famille / Dimension / Gambie Fécondité humaine / Aspect social / Gambie SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control bisacsh Birth control fast Family size fast Fertility, Human / Social aspects fast Anticonceptie gtt Vruchtbaarheid gtt Gezinsgrootte gtt Sociale aspecten gtt Geburtenregelung swd Gesellschaft Birth control Gambia Family size Gambia Fertility, Human Social aspects Gambia Familiengröße (DE-588)4480441-6 gnd rswk-swf Kulturanthropologie (DE-588)4133903-4 gnd rswk-swf Empfängnisverhütung (DE-588)4070794-5 gnd rswk-swf Fertilität (DE-588)4071184-5 gnd rswk-swf Geburtenregelung (DE-588)4019593-4 gnd rswk-swf Familienplanung (DE-588)4113510-6 gnd rswk-swf Soziale Situation (DE-588)4077575-6 gnd rswk-swf Gambia (DE-588)4019197-7 gnd rswk-swf Gambia (DE-588)4019197-7 g Familienplanung (DE-588)4113510-6 s Empfängnisverhütung (DE-588)4070794-5 s Kulturanthropologie (DE-588)4133903-4 s 1\p DE-604 Fertilität (DE-588)4071184-5 s Soziale Situation (DE-588)4077575-6 s 2\p DE-604 Familiengröße (DE-588)4480441-6 s 3\p DE-604 Geburtenregelung (DE-588)4019593-4 s 4\p DE-604 Banja, Fatoumatta Sonstige oth http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=348222 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 2\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 3\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk 4\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | Bledsoe, Caroline H. Contingent lives fertility, time, and aging in West Africa Reproduction / Gambia Family Planning Services / Gambia Social Science Régulation des naissances / Gambie Famille / Dimension / Gambie Fécondité humaine / Aspect social / Gambie SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control bisacsh Birth control fast Family size fast Fertility, Human / Social aspects fast Anticonceptie gtt Vruchtbaarheid gtt Gezinsgrootte gtt Sociale aspecten gtt Geburtenregelung swd Gesellschaft Birth control Gambia Family size Gambia Fertility, Human Social aspects Gambia Familiengröße (DE-588)4480441-6 gnd Kulturanthropologie (DE-588)4133903-4 gnd Empfängnisverhütung (DE-588)4070794-5 gnd Fertilität (DE-588)4071184-5 gnd Geburtenregelung (DE-588)4019593-4 gnd Familienplanung (DE-588)4113510-6 gnd Soziale Situation (DE-588)4077575-6 gnd |
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title | Contingent lives fertility, time, and aging in West Africa |
title_auth | Contingent lives fertility, time, and aging in West Africa |
title_exact_search | Contingent lives fertility, time, and aging in West Africa |
title_full | Contingent lives fertility, time, and aging in West Africa Caroline H. Bledsoe with contributions by Fatoumatta Banja ; foreword by Anthony T. Carter |
title_fullStr | Contingent lives fertility, time, and aging in West Africa Caroline H. Bledsoe with contributions by Fatoumatta Banja ; foreword by Anthony T. Carter |
title_full_unstemmed | Contingent lives fertility, time, and aging in West Africa Caroline H. Bledsoe with contributions by Fatoumatta Banja ; foreword by Anthony T. Carter |
title_short | Contingent lives |
title_sort | contingent lives fertility time and aging in west africa |
title_sub | fertility, time, and aging in West Africa |
topic | Reproduction / Gambia Family Planning Services / Gambia Social Science Régulation des naissances / Gambie Famille / Dimension / Gambie Fécondité humaine / Aspect social / Gambie SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control bisacsh Birth control fast Family size fast Fertility, Human / Social aspects fast Anticonceptie gtt Vruchtbaarheid gtt Gezinsgrootte gtt Sociale aspecten gtt Geburtenregelung swd Gesellschaft Birth control Gambia Family size Gambia Fertility, Human Social aspects Gambia Familiengröße (DE-588)4480441-6 gnd Kulturanthropologie (DE-588)4133903-4 gnd Empfängnisverhütung (DE-588)4070794-5 gnd Fertilität (DE-588)4071184-5 gnd Geburtenregelung (DE-588)4019593-4 gnd Familienplanung (DE-588)4113510-6 gnd Soziale Situation (DE-588)4077575-6 gnd |
topic_facet | Reproduction / Gambia Family Planning Services / Gambia Social Science Régulation des naissances / Gambie Famille / Dimension / Gambie Fécondité humaine / Aspect social / Gambie SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control Birth control Family size Fertility, Human / Social aspects Anticonceptie Vruchtbaarheid Gezinsgrootte Sociale aspecten Geburtenregelung Gesellschaft Birth control Gambia Family size Gambia Fertility, Human Social aspects Gambia Familiengröße Kulturanthropologie Empfängnisverhütung Fertilität Familienplanung Soziale Situation Gambia |
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