Uncertain Honor

Uncertain Honor
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 0226401812
ISBN-13 : 9780226401812
Rating : 4/5 (812 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Uncertain Honor by : Jennifer Johnson-Hanks

Download or read book Uncertain Honor written by Jennifer Johnson-Hanks and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2006-01-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering an intimate look at the lives of African women trying to reconcile motherhood with new professional roles, the author argues that Beti women delay motherhood as part of a broader attempt to assert a modern form of honor only recently made possible by formal education, Catholicism, and economic change.


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