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13 produkter
Regulating Menstruation
Beliefs, Practices, Interpretations
Av Etienne van de Walle, Elisha P. Renne
Inbunden, 2001
857 kr
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Menstruation, seen alternately as something negative—a "curse" or a failed conception—or as a positive part of the reproductive process to be celebrated as evidence of fertility, has long been a universal concern. How women interpret and react to menstruation and its absence reflects their …
Regulating Menstruation
Beliefs, Practices, Interpretations
Av Etienne van de Walle, Elisha P. Renne
Häftad, 2001
325 kr
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Menstruation, seen alternately as something negative—a "curse" or a failed conception—or as a positive part of the reproductive process to be celebrated as evidence of fertility, has long been a universal concern. How women interpret and react to menstruation and its absence reflects their …
Veiling in Africa
Häftad, 2013
304 kr
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The tradition of the veil, which refers to various cloth coverings of the head, face, and body, has been little studied in Africa, where Islam has been present for more than a thousand years. These lively essays raise questions about what is distinctive about veiling in Africa, what religious …
Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria
Inbunden, 2018
959 kr
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Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria tells the story of Islamic reform from the perspective of dress, textile production, trade, and pilgrimage over the past 200 years. As Islamic reformers have sought to address societal problems such as poverty, inequality, ignorance, …
Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria
Häftad, 2018
343 kr
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Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria tells the story of Islamic reform from the perspective of dress, textile production, trade, and pilgrimage over the past 200 years. As Islamic reformers have sought to address societal problems such as poverty, inequality, ignorance, …
Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria
E-bok, 2018
101 kr
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Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria tells the story of Islamic reform from the perspective of dress, textile production, trade, and pilgrimage over the past 200 years. As Islamic reformers have sought to address societal problems such as poverty, inequality, ignorance, …
Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria
E-bok, 2018
101 kr
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Veils, Turbans, and Islamic Reform in Northern Nigeria tells the story of Islamic reform from the perspective of dress, textile production, trade, and pilgrimage over the past 200 years. As Islamic reformers have sought to address societal problems such as poverty, inequality, ignorance, …
Politics of Polio in Northern Nigeria
Häftad, 2010
284 kr
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In 2008, Northern Nigeria had the greatest number of confirmed cases of polio in the world and was the source of outbreaks in several West African countries. Elisha P. Renne explores the politics and social dynamics of the Northern Nigerian response to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which …
Death and the Textile Industry in Nigeria
Inbunden, 2020
2512 kr
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This book draws upon thinking about the work of the dead in the context of deindustrialization—specifically, the decline of the textile industry in Kaduna, Nigeria—and its consequences for deceased workers’ families.The author shows how the dead work in various ways for Christians and Muslims who …
Death and the Textile Industry in Nigeria
Häftad, 2023
691 kr
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This book draws upon thinking about the work of the dead in the context of deindustrialization—specifically, the decline of the textile industry in Kaduna, Nigeria—and its consequences for deceased workers’ families.The author shows how the dead work in various ways for Christians and Muslims who …
Population and Progress in a Yoruba Town
Häftad, 2003
447 kr
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This study of local perceptions of population and development in a rural southwestern Nigerian town questions some of the underlying assumptions of the demographic theory of fertility transition. Fertility transition theory and modernisation theory from which it derives have not explained why …
Death and the Textile Industry in Nigeria
E-bok, 2020
803 kr
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This book draws upon thinking about the work of the dead in the context of deindustrialization—specifically, the decline of the textile industry in Kaduna, Nigeria—and its consequences for deceased workers’ families. The author shows how the dead work in various ways for Christians and Muslims who …
Death and the Textile Industry in Nigeria
E-bok, 2020
785 kr
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This book draws upon thinking about the work of the dead in the context of deindustrialization—specifically, the decline of the textile industry in Kaduna, Nigeria—and its consequences for deceased workers’ families. The author shows how the dead work in various ways for Christians and Muslims who …
