{"product_id":"spirit-children-illness-poverty-and-infanticide-in-northern-ghana-9780299311209","title":"Spirit Children  Illness Poverty and Infanticide in Northern Ghana","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRefusing to generalize or oversimplify, Aaron R. Denham offers an ethnographic study of the spirit child phenomenon in Northern Ghana that considers medical, economic, religious, and political realities. He examines both the motivations of the families and the structural factors that lead to infanticide, framing these within the context of global public health.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant, sensitive, and moving book about the heartbreaking phenomenon of infanticide. This is a book to be taken seriously by hospital personnel, public health policymakers, NGO workers, and anyone interested in the fate of the world's most vulnerable young children.\"\" —Alma Gottlieb,coauthor of \u003cem\u003eA World of Babies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beautifully written. . . . The nuance with which Denham treats ‘infanticide’ contributes broadly to medical anthropology, childhood studies, and religious studies. Highly recommended.” — Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This finely written and sensitive book is absolutely ground-breaking.”—Ethos","brand":"MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195184443735,"sku":"9780299311209","price":48.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780299311209.jpg?v=1763646666","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spirit-children-illness-poverty-and-infanticide-in-northern-ghana-9780299311209","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}