Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs : Threatened Reproduction and Identity in the Cameroon Grasslands /

Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs : Threatened Reproduction and Identity in the Cameroon Grasslands /

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"Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs examines the symbolic language of food, fertility, and infertility to illuminate the dynamics of social and cultural disintegration in a small, mountainous African kingdom." "In the Cameroon grassfields, an area of high fertility, women hold a paradoxi...

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Main Author: Feldman-Savelsberg, Pamela, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fertilite humaine > Cameroun > Maham.
Femmes > Cameroun > Sante et hygiene.
Sociale status.
Voortplanting (biologie)
Vrouwen.
Bangangte.
Population.
Manners and customs.
Human reproduction.
Fertility, Human.
Ethnology.
Ethnologie.
Reproduction humaine > Cameroun > Maham.
Fecondite humaine > Cameroun > Maham.
Femmes bangangte > Sante et hygiene.
Femmes bangangte > Psychologie.
Femmes bangangte > Identite ethnique.
Women > psychology
Anthropology, Cultural
Infertility, Female > psychology
Infertility, Female > ethnology
Human reproduction > Cameroon > Bangangte (Kingdom)
Fertility, Human > Cameroon > Bangangte (Kingdom)
Women, Ngangte > Health and hygiene.
Women, Ngangte > Psychology.
Women, Ngangte > Ethnic identity.
Bangangte
Kamerun
Africa > Bangangte (Kingdom)
Maham (Cameroun) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Maham (Cameroun) > Population.
Cameroon
Bangangte (Kingdom) > Social life and customs.
Bangangte (Kingdom) > Population.
Electronic books.
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Summary:"Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs examines the symbolic language of food, fertility, and infertility to illuminate the dynamics of social and cultural disintegration in a small, mountainous African kingdom." "In the Cameroon grassfields, an area of high fertility, women hold a paradoxical fear of infertility. By combining symbolic, political-economic, and historical analyses, Pamela Feldman-Savelsberg traces the way reproductive threat is invoked in struggles over gender and ethnic identities." "Plundered Kitchens, Empty Wombs should appeal to a broad audience in medical anthropology, public health, African studies, and women's studies as well as to development planners and population scientists."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9780472904259
Access:Open Access

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