Uncertain Honor (Paperback, New edition)

In most countries, educated women have fewer children and have them later than uneducated women. In" Uncertain Honor, "Jennifer Johnson-Hanks argues that this demographic fact has social roots by offering a rich case study of contraception, abortion, and informal adoption practices among educated, ethnic Beti women in southern Cameroon.
Combining insights from demography and cultural anthropology, Johnson-Hanks here argues that Beti women delay motherhood as part of a broader attempt to assert a modern form of honor only recently made possible by formal education, Catholicism, and economic change. Through itinerant school careers and manipulations of marriage, educated Beti women now manage their status as mothers in order to coordinate major life events in the face of social and economic uncertainty.
Carefully researched and clearly written, "Uncertain Honor" offers an intimate look at the lives of African women trying to reconcile motherhood with new professional roles in a context of dramatic social change.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	December 2005
Authors:	Jennifer Johnson-hanks
Dimensions:	232 x 167 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-40182-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-40182-0
Barcode:	9780226401829

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