The Methods and Uses of Anthropological Demography

by Alaka Malwade Basu, Peter Aaby

Overview

This volume takes stock of the current status of the comparatively new discipline of "Anthropological Demography," and discusses its major methods, its main strengths, and its chief limitations. It includes contributions from both mainstream demographers and foremost anthropologists, all stressing the necessity of a shared agenda for each discipline to progress successfully and avoid marginalization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198293378
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/03/1998
Series:	International Studies in Demography
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

About the Author

Alaka Basu is Senior Research Associate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University. She has previously held positions at the University of Bombay; The Population Foundation of India; the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi; and the Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi.

Peter Aaby is Research Professor in Health Conditions in Developing Countries in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Copenhagen. He also works as Senior Researcher and Project leader of the Community Studies of Infectious Diseases and Primary Health Care in Guinea-Bisseau.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Approaches to Anthropological Demography, Alaka Basu and Peter Aaby1. Methodological Advances in Studying the Social Context of AIDS in Africa, John C. Caldwell, I. O. Orubuloye, and Pat Caldwell2. Participant Observation in Demographic Research: Fieldwork Experiences in a Ghanaian Community, Sjaak van der Geest3. Using Qualitative Data for Understanding Old-Age Security and Fertility, John Knodel4. Anthropological Insights into the Links between Women's Status and Demographic Behaviour, Illustrated with the Notions of Hypergamy and Territorial Exogamy, Alaka Basu5. Kinship Structures, Marriage Systems, and Reproductive Behaviour: The Use of Anthropology and Demography in a Brazilian Case Study, Georgia Kaufmann6. Education, Fertility, and Child Survival: Unravelling the Links, John Cleland and Georgia Kaufmann7. A Rereading of Historical Material: An Alternative Account of the Position of Women in Ancient India, Sukumari Bhattacharji8. Political Economy and Cultural Processes in the Fertility Decline of Sicilian Artisans, Jane Schneider and Peter Schneider9. Anthropological Perspectives on Migration in Africa, John Kwasi Anarfi10. Are Men Weaker or Do their Sisters Talk Too Much? Sex Differences in Childhood Mortality and the Construction of ‘Biological' Differences, Peter Aaby11. Cultural Models and Demographic Behaviour, Alaka Basu12. Social Norms, Natural Fertility, and the Resumption of Postpartum ‘Contact' in The Gambia, Caroline Bledsoe and Allan Hill13. The Limits of Diffusionism, Philip Kreager