Child fostering in West Africa : new perspectives on theory and practices / / edited by Erdmute Alber, Jeannett Martin and Catrien Notermans.
Child fostering is an age-old and also modern phenomenon whose importance stretches much further than the boundaries of so-called ‘traditional’ African societies. As a mobile and creative kinship practice, child fostering is of growing importance in the global world as it goes along with other forms...
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| Superior document: | Africa-Europe group for interdisciplinary studies ; v. 9 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ;
v. 9. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction / Erdmute Alber , Jeannett Martin and Catrien Notermans
- 1. A Framework for the Analysis of Parent Roles / Esther Goody
- 2. Adoption, Fosterage, and Alliance / Suzanne Lallemand
- 3. The Transfer of Belonging: Theories on Child Fostering in West Africa Reviewed / Erdmute Alber
- 4. Experiencing Father’s Kin and Mother’s Kin: Kinship Norms and Practices from the Perspective of Foster Children in Northern Benin / Jeannett Martin
- 5. Relating Affiliation and Descent: Brothers’ Daughters as Co-wives among the Bulsa in Northern Ghana / Barbara Meier
- 6. Children Coming and Going: Fostering and Lifetime Mobility in East Cameroon / Catrien Notermans
- 7. The Promises of Shared Motherhood and the Perils of Detachment: A Comparison of Local and Transnational Child Fostering in Cape Verde / Heike Drotbohm
- 8. Disputes Over Transfers of Belonging in the Gold Coast in the 1870's: Fosterage or Debt Pawning? / Cati Coe
- 9. Child Adoption and Foster Care in the Context of Legal Pluralism: Case Studies from Ghana / Ulrike Wanitzek
- Index.