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Author Goody, Esther N.

Title Parenthod and social reproduction : fostering and occupational roles in West Africa / Esther N. Goody.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2007]
©1982

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.733 G658P    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 35.
Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 35.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-340) and indexes.
Contents Introduction -- A framework for the analysis of parent roles -- Kinship fostering -- The Kpembe study -- The circulation of women and children in norther Ghana / with Jack Goody -- Traditional states : responses to hierarchy and differentiation -- Contemporary patterns in southern Ghana -- Fostering contrasted -- Modern apprenticeship : response to differentiation -- Creole wardship : response to hierarchy -- The quest for education / with Christine Muir Groothues -- West African and West Indian immigrant families -- Parenthood and social reproduction -- Appendix I : data from the Kpembe study -- Appendix II : data on the southern Ghana surveys.
Subject Parenthood.
Socialization.
Foster parents -- Africa, West.
Cross-cultural studies -- Africa, West.
ISBN 0521040175 paperback
9780521040174 paperback
0521227216 hardback
9780521227216 hardback
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