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245 00 a| Nuptiality in Sub-Saharan Africa :b| contemporary anthropological and demographic perspectives /c| edited by Caroline Bledsoe and Gilles Pison.;

300 a| xii, 326 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| International studies in demography;

500 a| Papers from a conference held in Paris in 1988 under the auspices of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Post-partum abstinence, polygyny, and age at marriage : a macro-level analysis of sub-Saharan societies / Ron Lesthaeghe ... [et al.] -- Marriage drinks and kola nuts / Étienne van de Walle and Dominique Meekers -- Consequences of bridewealth changes on nuptiality patterns among the Ibo of Nigeria / Uche C. Isiugo-Abanihe -- Migration and marriage change : a case study of Mlomp, a Joola village in southern Senegal / Catherine Enel, Gilles Pison, and Monique Lefebvre -- Marriage law in sub-Saharan Africa / Iman Ngondo a Pitshandenge -- Types of marriage and marital stability : the case of the Moba-Gurma of north Togo / Marc Pilon -- The effects of education and social stratification on marriage and the transition to parenthood in Freetown, Sierra Leone / Anastasia J. Gage and Caroline Bledsoe -- The historical roots and cultural logic of outside marriage in colonial Lagos / Kristin Mann -- The phenomenon of òutside wives' : some reflections on its possible influence on fertility / Wambui Wa Karanja -- Social change and marriage arrangements : new types of union in Lomé, Togo / Thérèse Locoh -- Lineal identities and lateral networks : the logic of polyandrous motherhood / Jane E. Guyer -- The impact of marriage change on the risks of exposure to sexually transmitted diseases in Africa / Michel Caraël -- Marital status and abortion in sub-Saharan Africa / John Caldwell and Pat Caldwell -- The implications of premarital childbearing for infant mortality : the case of Côte d'Ivoire / Dominique Meekers.;

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650 0 a| Marriage customs and ritesz| Africa, Sub-Saharanv| Congresses.=| ^A45351;

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Nuptiality in Sub-Saharan Africa : contemporary anthropological and demographic perspectives / edited by Caroline Bledsoe and Gilles Pison.

Other author	Bledsoe, Caroline H.
Other author	Pison, Gilles.
Other author	International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Description	xii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Marriage--Africa, Sub-Saharan. --Congresses. Marriage customs and rites--Africa, Sub-Saharan. --Congresses. Sex customs--Africa, Sub-Saharan. --Congresses. Polygamy--Africa, Sub-Saharan. --Congresses. Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social life and customs. --Congresses.

Series	International studies in demography International studies in demography. ^A235089
Contents	Post-partum abstinence, polygyny, and age at marriage : a macro-level analysis of sub-Saharan societies / Ron Lesthaeghe ... [et al.] -- Marriage drinks and kola nuts / Étienne van de Walle and Dominique Meekers -- Consequences of bridewealth changes on nuptiality patterns among the Ibo of Nigeria / Uche C. Isiugo-Abanihe -- Migration and marriage change : a case study of Mlomp, a Joola village in southern Senegal / Catherine Enel, Gilles Pison, and Monique Lefebvre -- Marriage law in sub-Saharan Africa / Iman Ngondo a Pitshandenge -- Types of marriage and marital stability : the case of the Moba-Gurma of north Togo / Marc Pilon -- The effects of education and social stratification on marriage and the transition to parenthood in Freetown, Sierra Leone / Anastasia J. Gage and Caroline Bledsoe -- The historical roots and cultural logic of outside marriage in colonial Lagos / Kristin Mann -- The phenomenon of òutside wives' : some reflections on its possible influence on fertility / Wambui Wa Karanja -- Social change and marriage arrangements : new types of union in Lomé, Togo / Thérèse Locoh -- Lineal identities and lateral networks : the logic of polyandrous motherhood / Jane E. Guyer -- The impact of marriage change on the risks of exposure to sexually transmitted diseases in Africa / Michel Caraël -- Marital status and abortion in sub-Saharan Africa / John Caldwell and Pat Caldwell -- The implications of premarital childbearing for infant mortality : the case of Côte d'Ivoire / Dominique Meekers.
General note	Papers from a conference held in Paris in 1988 under the auspices of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	93048892
ISBN	0198287615 (acid-free paper) :

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