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Author Gottlieb, Alma.

Title The afterlife is where we come from : the culture of infancy in West Africa / Alma Gottlieb.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.874 G686A    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.874 G686A c.2  Check Shelf
Description xxv, 403 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-384) and index.
Contents 1: Studying babies, studying the Beng -- Working with infants -- Do babies have culture? -- The Beng world -- 2: Days in the lives of Beng babies -- Spiritual Beng babies -- Soiled Beng babies -- Sociable Beng babies -- Sleepy Beng babies -- Hungry Beng babies -- Developing Beng babies -- Sick Beng babies -- From wrugbe to poverty.
Subject Beng (African people) -- Social conditions.
Beng (African people) -- Psychology.
Beng (African people) -- Kinship.
Infants -- Care -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Infants -- Development -- Côte d'Ivoire.
Child rearing -- Côte d'Ivoire.
ISBN 0226305015 cloth alkaline paper
9780226305011 cloth alkaline paper
0226305023 paperback alkaline paper
9780226305028 paperback alkaline paper
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