Fertility and Household Labour in Tanzania - Demography, Economy and Society in Rufiji District, c.1870-1986 (Hardcover, New)

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the way in which human reproduction interweaves with the reproduction of society and economy in coastal Tanzania. Combining demography, history, and sociology, and with a breadth of theoretical discussion and empirical detail, it offers a new methodology for the study of African fertility and the role of household demography in agrarian economies. Part I provides a political economy of changing fertility. Demographic patterns are situated within the wider social and economic context, in particular the transformation of marriage in relation to kinship and local political structures, and child-spacing dynamics rooted in the moral exonomy of gender. In Part II, the author examines the implications of demographic patterns for people's work-loads and economic fortunes at the individual and household level. Based on extensive field-work in a Tanzanian village, the analysis shows the importance of women's involvement in rice cultivation, and the fluidity of life cycles.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Matthew Lockwood (Lecturer in Sociology, School of African and Asian Studies)
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	203
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-828754-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-19-828754-2
Barcode:	9780198287544

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