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Fertile bonds : Bedouin class, kinship, and gender in the Bekaa Valley
- Title
- Fertile bonds : Bedouin class, kinship, and gender in the Bekaa Valley / Suzanne E. Joseph.
- Author
- Joseph, Suzanne E.
- Publication
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS80.55.B43 J67 2013 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 233 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- A portrait of a group of Bedouins in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, a population with the highest fertility rate in the world.
- Subject
- Bedouins > Lebanon > Biqāʿ Valley
- Families > Lebanon > Biqāʿ Valley
- Fertility, Human > Lebanon > Biqāʿ Valley
- Sex role > Lebanon > Biqāʿ Valley
- Bedouins
- Families
- Fertility, Human
- Manners and customs
- Sex role
- Beduine
- Frau
- Ehe
- Verwandtschaftssystem
- Nomadismus
- Gender roles
- Bedouins > Lebanon > Biqāʻ Valley > Social life and customs
- Families > Lebanon > Biqāʻ Valley
- Fertility, Human > Lebanon > Biqāʻ Valley
- Sex role > Lebanon > Biqāʻ Valley
- Biqāʿ Valley (Lebanon) > Social life and customs
- Lebanon > Biqāʻ Valley
- al- Bika
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-224) and index.
- Contents
- Note on transliteration -- Introduction and overview -- Nomadic lives in transition -- (Un)stratified reproduction: class, tribe, and culture -- Gender myths and demographic realities -- Marriage between kin -- Population and poverty: a capitalist trap? -- Class differentiation of demographic regimes -- Demography on the nomadic periphery -- Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 9780813044613
- 0813044618
- 9780813059969
- 0813059968
- LCCN
- 2013007074
- 40022749163
- OCLC
- ocn813540840
- 813540840
- SCSB-14486668
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library