Fertile bonds : Bedouin class, kinship, and gender in the Bekaa Valley

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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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Main Author: Joseph, Suzanne E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2013
Subjects:
Bedouins > Lebanon > Biqāʿ Valley.
Families > Lebanon > Biqāʿ Valley.
Fertility, Human > Lebanon > Biqāʿ Valley.
Sex role > Lebanon > Biqāʿ Valley.
Biqāʿ Valley (Lebanon) > Social life and customs.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Note on transliteration
  • Introduction and overview
  • Nomadic lives in transition
  • (Un)stratified reproduction : class, tribe, and culture
  • Gender myths and demographic realities
  • Marriage between kin
  • Population and poverty : a capitalist trap?
  • Class differentiation of demographic regimes
  • Demography on the nomadic periphery
  • Conclusions.

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