Denham Aaron R. Spirit Children: Illness, Poverty, and Infanticide in Northern Ghana 9780299311209

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Автор: Denham Aaron R.
Название: Spirit Children: Illness, Poverty, and Infanticide in Northern Ghana
ISBN: 9780299311209
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Культурология

Исследования азиатских и африканских этнических групп

ISBN-10: 0299311201
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 216
Вес: 0.49 кг.
Дата издания: 30.05.2017
Серия: Africa and the diaspora: history, politics, culture
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 14 black & white photographs
Размер: 229 x 152 x 14
Ключевые слова: Cultural studies,Black & Asian studies
Подзаголовок: Illness, poverty, and infanticide in northern ghana
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In parts of West Africa, some babies and toddlers are considered spirit children—nonhumans sent from the forest to cause misfortune and destroy the family. These are usually deformed or ailing infants, the very young whose births coincide with tragic events, or children who display unusual abilities. In some of these cases, families seek a solution in infanticide. Many others do not.Refusing to generalize or oversimplify, Aaron R. Denham offers an ethnographic study of the spirit child phenomenon in Northern Ghana that considers medical, economic, religious, and political realities. He examines both the motivations of the families and the structural factors that lead to infanticide, framing these within the context of global public health. At the same time, he turns the lens on Western societies and the misunderstandings that prevail in discourse about this controversial practice. Engaging the complexity of the context, local meanings, and moral worlds of those confronting a spirit child, Denham offers visceral accounts of families' life and death decisions.
Дополнительное описание: Ethnic studies|Cultural studies

Spirit Children: Illness, Poverty, and Infanticide in Northern Ghana, Denham Aaron R.