Transfers of belonging child fostering in West Africa in the 20th century

In Transfers of Belonging , Erdmute Alber traces the history of child fostering in northern Benin from the pre-colonial past to the present by pointing out the embeddedness of child foster practices and norms in a wider political process of change. Child fostering was, for a long time, not just one...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Alber, Erdmute, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill [2018]
Series:African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series). Volume 19.
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009623428606719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical approaches and concepts on child fostering
  • Parenthood in rural Borgu
  • Child fostering in the twentieth century
  • Conclusion.