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Author:   Alaka Malwade Basu (Senior Research Associate, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University) ,  Peter Aaby (Research Professor in Health Conditions in Developing Countries, Department of Epidemiology, University of Copenhagen)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.651kg
ISBN:  

9780198293378

ISBN 10:   0198293372
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   01 June 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Approaches to Anthropological Demography ; 1. Methodological Advances in Studying the Social Context of AIDS in Africa ; 2. Participant Observation in Demographic Research: Fieldwork Experiences in a Ghanaian Community ; 3. Using Qualitative Data for Understanding Old-Age Security and Fertility ; 4. Anthropological Insights into the Links between Women's Status and Demographic Behaviour, Illustrated with the Notions of Hypergamy and Territorial Exogamy ; 5. Kinship Structures, Marriage Systems, and Reproductive Behaviour: The Use of Anthropology and Demography in a Brazilian Case Study ; 6. Education, Fertility, and Child Survival: Unravelling the Links ; 7. A Rereading of Historical Material: An Alternative Account of the Position of Women in Ancient India ; 8. Political Economy and Cultural Processes in the Fertility Decline of Sicilian Artisans ; 9. Anthropological Perspectives on Migration in Africa ; 10. Are Men Weaker or Do their Sisters Talk Too Much? Sex Differences in Childhood Mortality and the Construction of 'Biological' Differences ; 11. Cultural Models and Demographic Behaviour ; 12. Social Norms, Natural Fertility, and the Resumption of Postpartum 'Contact' in The Gambia ; 13. The Limits of Diffusionism

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The book is an important contribution to a reconfiguration of demography as a scientific discipline, and the book is an obvious input to university courses within anthropology, sociology and geography on demography and development. Geografisk Tidsskrift The huge expectations for the rest of the book made in the well-written introduction, are followed up by interesting and well-edited contributions . Geografisk Tidsskrift

The book is an important contribution to a reconfiguration of demography as a scientific discipline, and the book is an obvious input to university courses within anthropology, sociology and geography on demography and development. Geografisk Tidsskrift The huge expectations for the rest of the book made in the well-written introduction, are followed up by interesting and well-edited contributions . Geografisk Tidsskrift

Author Information

Alaka Basu is Senior Research Associate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. She has previously held positions at the University of Bombay; The Population Foundation of India; the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi; and the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi. Peter Aaby is Research Professor in Health Conditions in Developing Countries in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Copenhagen. He also works as Senior Researcher and Project leader of the Community Studies of Infectious Diseases and Primary Health Care in Guinea-Bisseau.

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