Spirit Children : Illness, Poverty, and Infanticide in Northern Ghana, Paperb...

Description: Spirit Children : Illness, Poverty, and Infanticide in Northern Ghana, Paperback by Denham, Aaron R., ISBN 0299311244, ISBN-13 9780299311247, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

Some babies and toddlers in parts of West Africa are considered spirit children—nonhumans sent from the forest to cause misfortune and destroy the family. These are usually deformed or ailing infants, or children whose births coincide with tragic events or who display unusual abilities. Aaron R. Denham offers a nuanced ethnographic study of this phenomenon in Northern Ghana that examines both the motivations of the families and the structural factors that lead to infanticide. He also turns the lens on the prevailing misunderstandings about this controversial practice. Denham offers vivid accounts of families’ life-and-death decisions that engage the complexity of the context, local meanings, and moral worlds of those confronting a spirit child.

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Book Title: Spirit Children : Illness, Poverty, and Infanticide in Northern G

Number of Pages: 216 Pages

Publication Name: Spirit Children : Illness, Poverty, and Infanticide in Northern Ghana

Language: English

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

Subject: Children's Studies, Death, Grief, Bereavement, Sociology / General, Black Studies (Global), Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethnic & Tribal, Customs & Traditions, Criminology

Item Height: 0.6 in

Publication Year: 2019

Type: Textbook

Author: Aaron R. Denham

Item Length: 9 in

Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Religion, Social Science

Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture Ser.

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback