Fertile bonds : Bedouin class, kinship, and gender in the Bekaa Valley /
A portrait of a group of Bedouins in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, a population with the highest fertility rate in the world. Many married couples in this pastoral community are close relatives - a socially advantageous practice that reflects the deep value Bedouins place on kinship. To outsiders, su...
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
2013
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