(In)Fertility and the modern female life course in two Southern Nigerian communities

Ethnology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-43

  Hollos, Marida ^a   Whitehouse, Bruce ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANITY; FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; MODERNITY; MODERNIZATION; MONOGAMY; PREGNANCY; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 68049119957     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: 21603510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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