Spirit children : illness, poverty, and infanticide in northern Ghana / Aaron R. Denham.
Denham, Aaron R., author.
2017
DT510.43.F73 D464 2017eb
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Title
Spirit children : illness, poverty, and infanticide in northern Ghana / Aaron R. Denham.
Author
Denham, Aaron R., author.
ISBN
9780299311230 (electronic book)
0299311236 (electronic book)
9780299311209
0299311201
Published
Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 217 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
DT510.43.F73 D464 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.152/308309667
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Series
Africa and the diaspora.
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Spirit children.
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Introduction
Contextualizing infanticide and Northern Ghana
For the house
For the bush
Spirit child behavior and causation
Detection and decision-making
Concoctions and concoction men : treating spirit children
Causing death and prolonging lives
Why infanticide? Sentiments and the dynamics of choice
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index.

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