The Methods and Uses of Anthropological Demography [Hardcover]

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.

Introduction: Approaches to Anthropological Demography,Alaka Basu and Peter Aaby
1. Methodological Advances in Studying the Social Context of AIDS in Africa,John C. Caldwell, I. O. Orubuloye, and Pat Caldwell
2. Participant Observation in Demographic Research: Fieldwork Experiences in a Ghanaian Community,Sjaak van der Geest
3. Using Qualitative Data for Understanding Old-Age Security and Fertility,John Knodel
4. Anthropological Insights into the Links between Women's Status and Demographic Behaviour, Illustrated with the Notions of Hypergamy and Territorial Exogamy,Alaka Basu
5. Kinship Structures, Marriage Systems, and Reproductive Behaviour: The Use of Anthropology and Demography in a Brazilian Case Study,Georgia Kaufmann
6. Education, Fertility, and Child Survival: Unravelling the Links,John Cleland and Georgia Kaufmann
7. A Rereading of Historical Material: An Alternative Account of the Position of Women in Ancient India,Sukumari Bhattacharji
8. Political Economy and Cultural Processes in the Fertility Decline of Sicilian Artisans,Jane Schneider and Peter Schneider
9. Anthropological Perspectives on Migration in Africa,John Kwasi Anarfi
10. Are Men Weaker or Do their Sisters Talk Too Much? Sex Differences in Childhood Mortality and the Construction of `Biological' Differences,Peter Aaby
11. Cultural Models and Demographic Behaviour,Alaka Basu
12. Social Norms, Natural Fertility, and the Resumption of Postpartum `Contl#h