03883nam 2200637Ia 450 991078696870332120200520144314.090-04-25061-1(CKB)2670000000360800(EBL)1204123(SSID)ssj0000889756(PQKBManifestationID)11549058(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000889756(PQKBWorkID)10882674(PQKB)10680008(nllekb)BRILL9789004250611(Au-PeEL)EBL1204123(CaPaEBR)ebr10713682(CaONFJC)MIL493459(OCoLC)844938975(MiAaPQ)EBC1204123(PPN)174548745(EXLCZ)99267000000036080020130131d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChild fostering in West Africa[electronic resource] new perspectives on theory and practices /edited by Erdmute Alber, Jeannett Martin and Catrien NotermansBoston Brill20131 online resource (262 p.)Africa-Europe group for interdisciplinary studies ;v. 9Includes index.90-04-25057-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 of mobility such as migration and transnationalism. The book aims to revitalize the study of fostering by situating the issue in more recent theoretical approaches to kinship. It also examines what functionalist and structuralist theory may still contribute to the understanding of child fostering. Historical and recent child fostering practices in several West African countries are discussed from the angles of Anthropology, History and Law.African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ;v. 9.Foster childrenCareAfrica, WestFoster home careAfrica, WestFoster parentsAfrica, WestFoster childrenCareFoster home careFoster parents362.7330966Alber Erdmute1129331Martin Jeannett1529557Notermans Catrien1966-1475826MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786968703321Child fostering in West Africa3773885UNINA