{"product_id":"uncertain-honor-jennifer-johnson-hanks-9780226401829","title":"Uncertain Honor: Modern Motherhood in an African Crisis","description":"In most countries, educated women have fewer children and have them later than uneducated women. In\u003ci\u003e Uncertain Honor, \u003c\/i\u003eJennifer Johnson-Hanks argues that this demographic fact has social causes by offering a rich case study of contraception, abortion, and informal adoption among educated, ethnic Beti women in southern Cameroon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining insights from demography and cultural anthropology, Johnson-Hanks argues that Beti women delay motherhood as part of a broader attempt to assert a modern form of honor only recently made possible by formal education, Catholicism, and economic change. Through itinerant school careers and manipulations of marriage, educated Beti women now manage their status as mothers in order to coordinate major life events in the face of social and economic uncertainty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarefully researched and clearly written, \u003ci\u003eUncertain Honor\u003c\/i\u003e offers an intimate look at the lives of African women trying to reconcile motherhood with new professional roles in a context of dramatic social change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Johnson-Hanks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226401820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226401829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.32w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 525","brand":"Jennifer Johnson-Hanks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46738973196543,"sku":"9780226401829","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_712d7c02-ffb3-4beb-be6d-c32e62350bd8.jpg?v=1743276826","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/uncertain-honor-jennifer-johnson-hanks-9780226401829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}