{"product_id":"countless-blessings-9780253042019","title":"Countless Blessings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara M. Cooper sets out to understand childbirth in Niger, a country with the world's highest fertility rate and an alarmingly high rate of maternal and infant mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountless Blessings\u003c\/i\u003e shows how women in Niger and in West Africa have long navigated the various states of social value, personhood, spirituality, and childbirth, and it paints a remarkable picture of how contested and embodied the social and material concerns of childbirth remain for women today.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ampson Hagan, Univeristy of North Carolina-Chapel Hill * IJAHS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary of ethnonyms, acronyms and foreign terms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Environment, Seduction and Fertility\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Tensions in the Wake of Conquest: Gender and Reproduction after Abolition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Personhood, Socialization and Shame\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Colonial Accounting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Perils of Pregnancy and Childbirth \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Producing Healthy Babies and Healthy Laborers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Feminists, Islamists and Demographers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Let's talk about Bastards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Contemporary Sexuality and Childbirth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Traveling Companions and Entrustments in Contemporary Niger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400591614295,"sku":"9780253042019","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253042019.jpg?v=1730471052","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/countless-blessings-9780253042019","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}