CONTENTS
Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xv
Introduction 1
Chapter One.Birth 21
Chapter Two.Circumcision and Baptism 55
Chapter Three.Additional Birth Rituals 92
Chapter Four.Maternal Nursing and Wet Nurses:
Feeding and Caring for Infants 119
Chapter Five.Parents and Children:
Competing Values 154
Conclusions 184
Notes 191
Glossary 241
Bibliography 243
Index 269