Contingent Lives: Fertility, Time, and Aging in West Africa Volume 2

by Caroline H. Bledsoe

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Most women in the West use contraceptives in order to avoid having children. But in rural Gambia and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, many women use contraceptives for the opposite reason--to have as many children as possible.

Using ethnographic and demographic data from a three-year study in rural Gambia, Contingent Lives explains this seemingly counterintuitive fact by juxtaposing two very different understandings of the life course:...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226058522

ISBN13:9780226058528

Release Date:July 2002

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Abortion & Birth Control Africa Anthropology Cultural Gambia Globalization History Mathematics Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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