Tired of Weeping
Mother Love, Child Death, and Poverty in Guinea-Bissau
Jonina Einarsdottir author Aili Mari Tripp editor Stanlie M James editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Wisconsin Press
Published:31st Dec '04
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
In this comprehensive and provocative 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. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted from 1993 to 1998 among the matrilineal Papel who reside in the Biombo region, this work includes theoretical discussion of reproductive practices, conceptions of children, childcare customs, interpretations of diseases and death, and infanticide. Einarsdottir also brings compelling narratives of life experiences and reflections of Papel women.
"I quickly learned that mothers weeping was an unmistakable sign of how vulnerable the life of a child is." - from the introduction"
ISBN: 9780299201302
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 486g
300 pages
2nd Revised edition